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My gut tensed. When Striker sounded worried, it usually meant whatever he had to tell me was even worse than I expected.

All day at school, thoughts of Rake kept popping up in my head, till I was practically embarrassed of myself. Would he still be with Pops when he picked me up? Something about Rake fascinated me… and not because he was cute.

I jumped to my feet and shifted protectively in front of Mother, still clutching her hand. “Who’s there? How did you get in here?” The woman’s voice sounded familiar, but I didn’t dare trust my ears right now.

Striker and I took the nearest exit out of the Hub, then hiked to the outbuilding where I kept my pickup truck.

I froze in the doorway, gaping at the brown-eyed man standing on my porch, still holding out his hand for me to shake.

The Mountain Kingdom

I grabbed my spare holster and leather jacket from my locker in the supply room and slammed the locker door shut. “Same trainees today?”

Fate Rising (the next installment in the Leyward Stones story world) is now available on Kindle Vella! There are now 5, brand-new episodes available to read, and new episodes will be posting to Vella every Tuesday and Saturday! This new serial can be read independently of the first serial/the first Leyward Stones trilogy, but if you've read the previous Leyward stories, you'll notice some fun cameos and crossovers! Blurb for Fate Rising: When Lena befriends the mysterious new

Frank wasn’t my first dead body.

Blurb for Fate Rising:

Fate Rising