Undiscovered Origins

Jade is a slave in a traveling circus who finally believes she has found someone special when she meets the new fire-breather, Drake--until she sees him commit murder, and he didn’t look human when he did…

Even though all she can discern are shadows, Jade becomes panicked when the fire-breather discovers what she’s witnessed. Drake buys the slave from her master, but what Jade once hoped would be freedom becomes imprisonment as he takes her out to sea. As they journey, Jade realizes that Drake is indeed not human at all. Harder still, she must come to grips with the reality that she may not be either. Drake creates real fire from his mouth and transforms into a horrifying beast with wings and sharp teeth, while Jade controls the forest. During their journey, they are attacked by a barrage of creatures, and Jade wonders what mysterious world she has gotten herself caught up in. She grows to learn that the world isn’t as black and whit