**EXTRACT**PROLOGUE** SPOILER ALERT A boulder seared past her head, shattering the wall behind her. Tiny shards of the shattered rock stung her back as they lodged into it. Looking around she saw her friends laying scattered and motionless, tears welled in her eyes -she couldn't do anything to save them. Tay heard a grunt and she flung her head back at the inhuman boy. Kael stared at her as if she was the most grotesque thing he had ever seen and this alone broke her heart into pieces. "Kael stop!" Tay pleaded, barely a whisper, to the boy she loved. But it was too late. Kael had finally lost his mind. ***** Taylinn always felt unwanted in the world she lived, even more so when she gets captured by the enemy. But this is where she learns more about the world she was born into, like elemental magic, venators, faeries and much more --things she would never have imagined. A twisted mother and a weird cult her love interest belongs to, what will this half-breed do? Making a few friends and enemies along the way, which side will Taylinn choose --stay with the family that never wanted her, or go with the boy who is trained to hunt her?