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“Come on, Lil,” a female voice urged.
“I think she’s coming around,” a male voice said.
I lifted my eyelids. At least I thought I did. There was nothing but
blinding whiteness. I strained until the blue sky and faces inked in.
Unfamiliar faces. Two women and one man. Their eyes were filled with concern as
they stared down at me. Beside them were familiar faces—Bran, Grampa and Aunt
Janelle, Kim, Izzy, Remy, Sykes and Kylie, but they began to fade.
“No, don’t leave me,” I cried out and reached out for them.
“Not so fast,” one of the
unfamiliar women warned and pressed my shoulder down. “You had a nasty fall.”
I struggled against her hand and sat up. Black dots appeared in my
eyes and a sharp pain radiated from the back of my head. I closed my eyes until
the dizziness passed, then raised a trembling hand to my head. There was a huge
bump the size of an egg, and my skull felt like someone was hammering it with a
blunt object.
Squinting, my gaze moved from her to the other woman, then the man.
They all wore black pants and matching shirts, a uniform of some kind, and had
daggers in sheaths strapped around their waist and their thighs. I’d never seen
them before in my life, yet they watched me with such concern.
I inched away from them and noticed I wasn’t dressed like them. I wore
a bikini and was lying down on a towel. Frowning, I took in our surroundings.
We were on a grassy patch by a pond in the middle of a forest. The trees were
so tall and curved in such a way that was unnatural. It was like they deliberately
curved to block the skyline or hide the pond.
Why couldn’t I remember where I was or how I got here? What was my
name?
My gaze moved back to the woman squatting beside me. I wondered
whether to ask her these questions, but survival instinct stopped me even
though I didn’t feel any negative vibes from her.
I scooted backward and realized my grip was around a dagger.
Intrigued, I studied it. It had a clear, wavy blade and green stones on its
gilded hilt.
Seeing the dagger switched on something inside my pounding head.
Memories of places and people rushed back—I saw myself entering a booth in an
arena, where a familiar man with red hair called me his daughter; attempting to
escape a dark-haired woman who claimed to be my half-sister; a huge black man
with soft brown eyes helping me, and another with short-cropped blond hair
swearing allegiance to me…
If my head wasn’t pounding, I would have laughed with triumph. My name
was Lil Falcon. I was a Psi Cardinal Guardian within the Northeast Sector, and
I hunted demons.
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Q & A With Ednah!
1.
Do
you have any rituals that you need in place before you can write?
First, I must have Internet access because I
research as I write. I also like background sounds/noise. Most of the time I
have the radio on or reruns on Hulu or Netflix playing on my daughter’s
desktop.
2.
Is
there any one instance that comes to mind about receiving writing inspiration?
This might sound insane but I could be at an
indoor playground with my kids and a young/teen couple walks by hand-in-hand
and I’d start wondering about their story. Next thing, I have a visual of what
my character should be doing.
3.
What
is the best part of writing?
To me, writing is like reading. I love seeing
the story unfold. After the first three chapters, I’m usually in the zone, my
characters talking to me, leading me where they want to go. I hate the
beginning because you have to lay out your main character’s goal and motive
behind it, and at least something that will stop her from obtaining that goal.
4.If you could sit
down and talk to any writer from the past or the present, who would it be and
why?
Cassandra Clare
because I love her books
4.
What
was your childhood dream of your future career?
I wanted to be a doctor but after watching my
brother treat wounds, I did the sensible thing and went with chemistry
5.
What
was the feeling when your first book was published? Does it get better with
each book?
I was euphoric. Nothing can ever beat the
first time I held a copy of my book.
Author Ednah Walters
I grew up reading Nancy Drew and Hardy boys mysteries, hence Stratemeyer influence, before I graduated to Mills & Boons (starting with Janet Daily's Shutter the Sky) and the rest is history.
I enjoy good love stories, tingly mysteries and wondrous adventures. When I finished my college and decided to be a stay-at-home mother, I devoured books like they were going out of production, until reading just wasn't enough. So I started to write.
I've written picture books, contemporary and romantic suspense, biracial/multicultural books, and finally YA fantasy. Awakened is the first book in The Guardian Legacy series. I'm working on book 2, tentatively named Betrayed. When I'm not writing, I do things with my family, five children or my darling husband of 18 years. I live in a picturesque valley in Utah, the setting for my series.
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