Chosen Avatar by Tiffany Shand

Author:Tiffany Shand
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young adult fantasy romance, Young adult urban fantasy, Young adult epic fantasy, Young adult fantasy, Young adult paranormal romance, New adult fantasy romance, Young adult fantasy series, Young adult paranormal romance series
Publisher: Tiffany Shand
Published: 2019-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7: Ella

“What’s going on?” Ella demanded. Ever since she’d touched that strange doorway, she kept seeing flashes of people and things that weren’t there, and if Luc and Griffin knew why, she wasn’t leaving this room until they told her. She put her hands on her hips. “Say something.”

Griffin pinched the bridge of his nose, “This is a nightmare.” He shook his head and gulped down some of his tea. “I knew doing this excavation was a bad idea. Why did I let you talk me into it?” He gave Ella a hard look.

Ella glanced between them, then glared at Luc. “One of you tell me what this means right now.” She needed to know what her strange discoveries meant for her future. If they planned on attacking her, she’d run. Where, she didn’t know yet, but she wouldn’t sit back and let them try to kill her.

Luc rubbed his temples. “I am a Valan knight, and you are an avatar.”

Her eyes widened. She’d never heard of a magic user being referred to as anything other than a rebel. “What is a Valan, and why were the two of you talking about killing me?”

“No one is going to kill you, Ella.” Luc got to his feet and reached for her shoulder, but she backed away.

“An avatar is a special kind of magic user,” Griffin explained. “Our ancestors—who lived long before the Senate was ever created—were an advanced race. Some even used magic like you and Luc do.” He motioned to the vacant chair in front of his desk. “Please sit down. No one is going to harm you.”

Ella shook her head. “I don’t believe you. Anyone with magic is put to death or imprisoned if they live within the border.” Her heart pounded at the prospect of being exposed. Growing up, only her parents had known. Her father had taught her how to hide the magic, and it had worked well for most of her life. As far as anyone knew, she was normal, and as long as she didn’t use her magic, she would be safe.

Until now.

Her mind went to her father’s disappearance ten years earlier. People had accused him of using magic, and he’d vanished one night. She’d never seen him again, and never found out what had happened to him. Part of her had wanted to come here in the hope of finding out—as if it knew where all the answers lay.

“The Valan are an ancient order of knights sworn to keep the peace in this land,” Master Griffin went on. “We go back to the time of the Arkadians. There were once many of us, but since the Senate came into power and ordered the ban on magic, numbers have dwindled drastically. Most Valan live beyond the border now, forced to live as outcasts, but Luc and I work together in secret.”

“Okay, what about me being put to death?”

“Ella, sit down,” Master Griffin ordered, using his authoritative teacher’s voice. “No one here is going to harm you, you have my word.

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