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    Faebound: A Novella of the Otherworld
    Faebound: A Novella of the Otherworld
    Faebound: A Novella of the Otherworld
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    Faebound: A Novella of the Otherworld

    By Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

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    Aiden Elam has always been different from the other kids he knows. The adults say he has autism, but Aiden isn’t so sure. He can understand everyone just fine, he just can’t get the words out to tell them. Now, if he could only get past the strange feeling that keeps him trapped inside his own mind, then maybe he could tell his parents about the weird things he sees. Or perhaps he could even tell his sister, Meggy, for he knows she can hear and see the strange things, too.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJenna Elizabeth Johnson
    Release dateJun 17, 2016
    ISBN9781311041180
    Faebound: A Novella of the Otherworld
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    Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

    Fantasy Author. Swordswoman. Chicken Mama. These are just a few of the titles Jenna Elizabeth Johnson proudly goes by. She is the author of over a dozen novels, novellas, and short stories, including the award-winning Legend of Oescienne series, the Otherworld series, and the Draghans of Firiehn novella series.Besides writing fantasy adventures featuring domineering dragons, headstrong heroines, brooding Celtic warriors, and all the magical creatures in between, she is a competitive HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) practitioner, participating in longsword tournaments whenever she gets the chance.During her down time, Jenna can be found exploring the open spaces of California’s Central Coast, camping in Yosemite National Park, reading books and webcomics, or hanging out with her flock of overly-affectionate lap chickens.You can join Jenna’s readership at www.jennaelizabethjohnson.com.

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      Faebound - Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

      Faebound

      A Novella of the Otherworld

      by

      Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

      Copyrighted Material

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. All material in connection with Celtic myth has been borrowed and interpreted for use in the plot of the story only. Cover image is the sole property of the author. The Faelorehn font used in the title, table of contents and chapter headings of this book was created by P.A. Vannucci (www.alphabetype.it) to be used exclusively for the Otherworld series. Any resemblance to actual persons is entirely coincidental.

      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 recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Faebound

      Copyright © 2016 by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book or its cover may be reproduced in any manner without written permission from its creator.

      For more information and to contact the author, visit:

      www.jennaelizabethjohnson.com

      Contents

      Part One

      Ghoulies in the Classroom

      Part Two

      Black Bird

      Part Three

      The Green Man

      Part Four

      Corpse Hounds

      Part Five

      Super Powers

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      Other Books by this Author

      Connect with me Online

      Part One

      Ghoulies in the Classroom

      It’s so very hard to be little, especially when you are little and unable to tell people what you are thinking. On the other hand, sometimes being stuck inside your own head can be a good thing. I can think better about stuff that way. Not the usual stuff everyone else my age thinks about, like when the newest episode of their favorite cartoon is going to air, or if their moms will let them go on a play date with their best friend, but the kind of stuff they don’t notice normally. I think it’s because most kids and adults are so distracted by all the noise and lights in the world that they miss the cool stuff.

      Well, I guess ‘cool’ is the wrong word to describe it. ‘Creepy’ is probably a better word. Just yesterday, something creepy happened at my school. I don’t go to the same kind of school my brothers go to, but I’m pretty sure weird little monsters don’t just climb into their classrooms in the middle of lunch recess.

      At normal schools, you have to talk to people and answer your teacher if she asks a question. Where I go to school, I don’t have to do any of that. I like learning and discovering new things just fine, but at a regular school, I think the noises and the mean kids would be too much for me. Mom and Dad say that I have autism, and that’s why I have trouble behaving like a normal kid. I don’t know that much about autism, but from what I heard Mom and Dad saying when they thought I wasn’t listening is that I have many of the symptoms.

      At the time, I didn’t know what a symptom was, so I had to look it up in Logan’s dictionary. He’s my older brother. It was hard pulling the dictionary from his bookshelf and even harder to find the word.

      I knew it was in the S section, but sometimes when I’m doing something, my body won’t stop when I tell it to. Like looking for the word. My fingers kept flipping the pages long after I realized I had wandered into the T’s. Other times, my body works faster than my mind, and I’ll stop in the middle of doing something even when my brain is asking me to keep going. It is very frustrating, but I have learned to live with it.

      When I finally made it back to the right spot in the S’s, I read that a symptom is a sign that something is wrong. That had scared me. For a whole week, I moved around the house more carefully and quietly than normal. Being scared of something when you can’t tell your family why is very hard.

      Eventually, Mom sat down with me and gradually discovered the reason for my glum mood.

      Symptoms, was all I could say.

      She must have realized I had overheard her and Dad, because she told me my autism made me different than other kids, but not sick or bad. She said the doctor was going to try to find some medicine to make me better, but that I didn’t need to worry because she and Dad would look after me.

      Meggy? I had asked, in a small voice.

      Meggy was what I called my older sister, but her real name is Meghan. Of my entire family, I love Meghan the most, maybe even more than Mom and Dad. It sounds awful, to love your sister more than your parents, but for some reason I just do. It’s like my heart has special little rooms inside for all my family and friends, but Meggy’s spot is bigger than all the rest.

      Mom had laughed at my question and kissed me on the head. Oh yes, Meghan will always look after you, too.

      And so, it was because of my autism that I went to a different school than the other kids on our street.

      I didn’t mind, and most days were calm with very little excitement.

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