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    Journey to the Forest: Soulyte 1
    Journey to the Forest: Soulyte 1
    Journey to the Forest: Soulyte 1
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    Journey to the Forest: Soulyte 1

    By Eve Hathaway

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    From the Publisher that brought you popular short story series Song of Teeth, Children of Time, Chains of Darkness, The Splicers, The Night Sculptor, Blood Waters, Requiem for a Dream, and The Taken. And now, here's Soulyte...

    How far would you go?
    THE ROAD TO BECOMING A TRUE HERO

    Madala is a land plagued by a dark force sweeping down from the north. Heroes are thrown into the blackness in order to uncover the evil, countless numbers of young men and women risking their lives for a chance to prove themselves.

    There is no doubt that Cyrus wants more than anything to become a proper Hero. He wants everything the title entails: the sword, the glory, and most importantly he wants a companion—his Soulyte. This creature of magic lends its powers to the young man, helping him in his path to grow into a Hero of Madala. But when his Soulyte is revealed to be more than it seems, Cyrus’s courage is tested and he must learn to overcome his fears and save those who need him.

    Can the thing he fears most be the one thing that can help him on his journey?

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    Cyrus looked at her while his head spun. She was small and probably younger than he. Her hair was long and thick and the color of moonlight, almost glowing in the night air. If it weren’t for the fact that it was covering her nudity, Cyrus might have died at that very moment.

    “I... But... you...”

    He tried to speak and it was admittedly the most he had ever said to a woman not in his immediate family.

    “My name is Magdeline. I was cursed by an old witch. I was trapped and sold to that market. Not one had a Soulyte even similar to mine so I was never released. When I saw you... Well, that changed everything! I had the chance to be free again and find that old hag. But when that bird attacked me... I decided to just stay with you. Despite your naivety and stupidity, you’re a pretty nice guy.”

    “You’re a... a woman...”

    It was then that Cyrus finally fainted.

    Magdeline rolled her amethyst eyes and smiled.

    “You know,” she whispered. “When the Hero kisses the damsel, it’s supposed to be happily ever after.”

    Next in the Series:

    2 - Search for the Witch

    3 - Pursuit of the Cursed

    4 - (Coming Soon) Quest to the End

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSandra Ross
    Release dateNov 21, 2013
    ISBN9781310690686
    Journey to the Forest: Soulyte 1

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      Journey to the Forest - Eve Hathaway

      Journey to the Forest

      By Eve Hathaway

      Published by Publications Circulations LLC.

      SmashWords Edition

      All contents copyright (C) 2013 by Publications Circulations LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this document or the related files may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means (electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, companies and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.

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      Prologue

      PLEASE, you can't die...

      Madala was a large island country, covered in mountains, plains, and forests. To walk from the southern to the northern point takes approximately two weeks without stopping to rest. There are several cities along the southern coast where the shoreline offers opportunity for trade. Other cities and small towns are scattered in the fields of the country's center, rich in agriculture. To the north, cliffs line the ocean, making it almost impenetrable to attacks from invaders. The Forest of the north spans a little under a hundred miles, hiding various abandoned castles that had been left in the early centuries of the land.

      Over time, witches had been driven off by the invading humans and civil wars raged. The witches fled to the Forest where they could practice their dark magic in peace.

      It was not uncommon to stumble upon magic in the land of Madala. Magical artifacts and creatures were sold in the markets. Those who have or practice magic could be anyone from street performers to politicians. Magical energy flowed almost like a river from the depths of the Madalan Forest where its source was the creatures that have rested for countless centuries even before the time of humans.

      To help the inhabitants of Madala who had come to the island country to better understand magic, three books were created by the ancient witches who had long since disappeared. The more common of thinkers referred to these books as the Book of Birth, the Book of Life, and the Book of Death.

      Throughout the centuries, all but one of these books left the island country as they were passed back and forth between the hands of sorcerers, warriors, and kings by war's end. The remaining book, the Book of Life, remained safely in the hands of a young witch by the name of Abrielle.

      The witch had come to the country of Madala as a human and had taken an apprenticeship with an ancient sorceress. She received the Book from the sorceress to guard and learn from. To gain immortality, a dragon had come to her and agreed to share his soul with her in exchange for her love.

      She contained the proof of their bond in a small stone which she kept at her breast. There it shone a brilliant red, beating in time with her heart. It bound him to her for the rest of their lives as described in the ancient Book and allowed her use of his magic after years of companionship. They spent the centuries together. While she kept his soul and shared his magic, the dragon remained in the form of a human to stay as close to her as he could. Abrielle studied in the Book each day, learning more and more about the secrets of life.

      To keep the Book safe, the witch Abrielle remained in the very northern point of Madala, nestled in the Forest where blizzards and dangerous creatures would deter anyone from finding her or her beloved.

      All except those who were most determined.

      Blood stained the man's fingers as he tries to cover the wound on his love's chest. The light of colored stone of crimson at Abrielle's breast flickered dimly. The witch's pulse slowed and the final breath of life slipped from her lips.

      The humans had somehow made their way to the northern castle and had fired their bows at the witch. The man roared to the sky. Why hadn't he been there? Rage flashed in his red eyes and he let her fall gently to the snow frosted stone. With another roar, leather wings burst from his back and his body contorted and grew. In his place stood a giant dragon, his scales

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