Riven: Young Adult Fantasy Novel (My Myth Trilogy Book 1) by Jane Alvey Harris

Author:Jane Alvey Harris [Harris, Jane Alvey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-08-23T05:00:00+00:00

I squeeze my eyes shut. The daring façade I’d dressed myself in shreds like a tissue-paper moth’s wing.

What were you thinking? What have you done?

I don’t have an answer. I don’t recognize myself.

You little slut. You should be ashamed of yourself!

Emma, you don’t even like Kaillen! And you’re NAKED. What about Gabe?

I hang my head. Slinking from the pond I pull on my crumpled clothes. I can’t stop shivering.

Hush now, you two. Ava’s voice is gentle. I want to hear what Emily thinks. Close your eyes Sister, and experience your emotions. What if you didn’t know the girl in the glade, the girl who dances with butterflies? The girl who bathes in Magic? Tell me, Emily, what do you feel when you think of that girl?

I picture the girl as if she were someone else, as if she weren’t me but the fairytale me Lady Quince and General Raidho saw in the vision pulling the night sky down her shoulders. Goosebumps raise on my arms…the good kind. An appreciative smile spreads across my lips. That girl is brave and smart. She’s sexy, but innocent, too.

“I admire her.” I whisper. “I want to BE her.”

The woman and little girl gape.

Really? What if Kaillen tells someone? Would you want to be her then? What must he think of you, Emily? You hate him one minute and want to make-out with him the next? You need HELP. You can’t be trusted.

What I need is an off switch. I know Nancy said it would be hard to find my True Voice, but this can’t be what she meant. All I’ve accomplished is awakening insane hormones and sparking more confusion. Maybe I’m broken. Maybe there’s no hope.

Whatever. Kaillen wouldn’t dare tell anyone. HE was the one spying on ME from the bushes. And he’d definitely been staring.

I shake my head. How did I ever get the courage to do something like that? The woman is right: I do need help. But I’m way too embarrassed to tell Nancy about this. She likes Gabe. She’d think I was a two-timing skank.

I shove my feet in my flip-flops, desperate to be away from this place. The roar of the falls is deafening now, the floral perfume coats my nose with cloying powdered-sugar sweetness. I’m wet, uncomfortable, and fed up with myself. I’m going to sneak into bed, pull the sheets over my head, and not come out. Ever.

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