Hunted
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❝But then my eyes jolt open, and I stare into the bright light, willing myself to stay awake, to fight against sleep. Footsteps sound. Then a deep, honeyed voice with a predatory undertone. "Ah, Julia, Jax. You've led us on a merry chase, but it's time to give up." A minuscule part of my brain tells me to scream, to run, to curse. But a larger part encourages me to sleep, to give in and be sucked into the pull of blackness. And I am so tired, am so beyond caring, that I do.❞ Julia is not an ordinary girl: she is a Hunted, a being who is pursued by Hunters for her abilities. Although she has lived a normal life in her small town, the Hunters have found her, and they will stop at nothing to gain her power. On the run with a boy she just met and a best friend who may be hiding important secrets, Julia is forced to decide who she will trust, and who is the enemy. One wrong choice could be deadly, and Julia is running out of time.
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