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    Savior
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    Savior

    By Debra Lee

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    Savior is the first of a planned series, provided readers want more. The 25,000 word novella is a young adult fantasy that can be enjoyed by adults as well.

    On Gabriella's sixteenth birthday, her mom drove to the local bakery to pick up a cake and never came home.

    Not knowing who her father is, Gabriella is sent to live with an aunt she never knew existed. She suspects the woman is a fraud. But before she can prove it, they are chased through a portal and the bizarre adventure begins. It is no accident Gabriella ends up in a strange land full of danger, mystery, shape-shifters, and a budding romance.

    Author’s Note

    Savior was my first attempt at writing a young adult fantasy. I plan to continue with Savior, provided you the reader wants to read more about the characters I created. I want to know what happens next. Do you?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebra Lee
    Release dateJul 28, 2013
    ISBN9781301438921
    Savior
    Author

    Debra Lee

    If Debra's in a murderous mood, she might write a murder mystery or a chilling thriller. When there's romance in the air, Debra's been known to pen a love story.On a personal note, Debra was once a stay-at-home mom, real estate agent and owner of a pizza delivery business. Now she writes full-time. Debra’s the mother of two grown sons and grandmother to one grandson. She shares her home in Pennsylvania with her husband and five felines.Debra loves to hear from readers and invites all to visit her Web site.http://www.debralee.net

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      Savior - Debra Lee

      Savior

      By

      Debra Lee

      Copyright © 2013 by Debra Lee

      All Rights Reserved

      Debra Lee Books-2013

      This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and places are of the author’s imagination and not to be confused with fact. Any resemblance to living persons or events is merely coincidence.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

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      Chapter One

      On my sixteenth birthday, Mom drove to the local bakery to pick up a cake and never came home. My life was instantly turned upside down, and I still haven’t recovered. The minister from church told me she died instantly when the train slammed into her stalled car on the railroad tracks.

      I never knew my dad. Mom didn’t either. She woke one day on a deserted beach and had no recollection of how she had gotten there or who she was. She couldn’t remember anything about her life prior to that moment. Doctors told her she had this rare thing called focal retrograde amnesia. And she was two months pregnant─with me.

      After Mom’s funeral, I was ordered to live with a woman I’d never met who’d sent documentation to the local authorities, claiming to be Mom’s sister and my only living relative.

      Losing Mom made me want to curl up into a ball and hide from the world forever. And now to be forced to leave the only home I ever knew seemed doubly unfair. In desperate times I always turned to Mom for guidance. If she were here, I knew what she’d tell me. I needed to stop feeling sorry for myself, and believe I was headed for a grand adventure. So that’s what I did.

      I packed up some things, then I spent days and nights on buses traveling from the place I grew up in on the West Coast to another hick town in the mountains of Pennsylvania. When I got there the Greyhound bumped over railroad tracks and stopped in front of a rundown wooden building so the last two passengers could get off─me and some old guy.

      I stepped into the night mist ahead of the scruffy-looking man.

      Gabriella.

      I turned to the sound. The unsmiling, heavyset woman reminded me of a bag lady I’d seen in a movie once as she stood up from a bench in front of the dimly lit two-story.

      Gabriella Raines, she said, giving emphasis to my first name.

      I nodded. Ella. I go by Ella. Are you my aunt Betty?

      The girl travels light, came from the guy who’d followed me off the bus.

      In the short time the woman and I exchanged words, the bus driver had pulled my suitcase from the outside storage compartment, put it down on the broken sidewalk, and was already back on the bus driving away.

      The old guy clearly had spoken to the bag lady, not to me. Eighty degrees on this humid summer night and goose bumps dotted my bare arms. I stood tall in an attempt to stop shivering. Who are you people?

      Why this here’s your aunt Betty.

      The sound of his voice gave me the willies since he had shared a bus with me for thousands of miles without speaking to me until now.

      His beady dark eyes steadied on mine, and a surge of heat shot through my veins.

      Suppose you’re my uncle.

      Get her suitcase, Clarence. The car’s ‘round back.

      I pulled my cell phone from my pocket to call for help. I’m not going anywhere with you two.

      Bag lady whirled around, snatched the phone from my fingers and threw it into the street. Useless gadget for where you’re goin’. My mouth opened to protest, then closed when she glared straight into my eyes. If you don’t want to end up like your mother, you’ll do as I say. Now let’s go.

      She lowered her piercing gaze and swung away from me.

      I thought about taking off in the opposite direction, but didn’t know where that would lead me. Then there was the thought of what she would do to me if she caught me. Not wanting to die, I followed her around the building.

      Clarence tossed my suitcase into the back of a shiny black Escalade and climbed in behind the wheel. Aunt Betty opened the rear door and motioned for me to get in. I only hesitated long enough for her eyes to fix on mine.

      I ducked inside and glanced back at her. You don’t look anything like my mom. She was a hottie.

      Bewildering to me, I had super fast reflexes for a change. Otherwise, my foot would’ve gotten smashed when she slammed the door shut.

      She climbed up on the front passenger seat and pulled on her seatbelt. I fastened mine as the vehicle shot into the quiet street, door locks automatically snapping down.

      I thought it unlikely the two of them had the means to own a car like the one we were riding in. If the vehicle was stolen there was a chance the police were alerted and we’d be pulled over, and I’d be saved from whatever horrors those two had in store for me.

      The possibility of rescue allowed me to breathe a little easier as the luxury ride glided over the railroad tracks and sped out of town into the night. Either of you want to tell me where you’re taking me?

      Clarence looked back at me. It’s a surprise. Headlights behind us lit up his face and his creepy smile brought on the shivers again. His smile disappeared and he shifted around in his seat. We got company.

      He barely had the words out when I was thrown back against the seat as he floored the gas pedal.

      I peered over my shoulder, squinting from the glare of headlights closing in on us. Who’s after us?

      Neither gave me an answer as the sleek automobile picked up speed, skidding as it rounded a sharp curve in the country road. I glanced over my shoulder again into the bright headlights. When I shifted back around, we were headed straight for the side of a mountain. I screeched, hunched down, and closed my eyes the instant before impact.

      No impact.

      I opened my eyes and we were traveling at the same high speed. Only we were inside the mountain, going downhill fast.

      Blinding red lights shot at us from the road up ahead. I screamed again, my eyes wide open this time.

      ***

      Voices. One vibrated against me. I’ve got her.

      My eyelids were too heavy to open. The thumping in my ears told me I was being carried at a rapid speed. A musky scent filled my nostrils. I tried to open my eyes again. I got a glimpse of sparkling gold eyes, then I lost consciousness.

      Dreaming of the time Mom and her boyfriend took us camping. The snapping and cracking sound pulled me

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