Devoted
Angel
Academy
Volume
1
by Emery
Skye
Genre: Young
Adult Fantasy
Publisher:
LemonPress Publishiing
Date of
Publication: August 20, 2014
Number of pages:
388
Word Count: 96K
Cover Artist:
Tamara Sands
Book Description:
“Her world, her
mission…is about to change. What do you choose when your blood is on the line.”
A world where
your life is a mission and to succeed you must have resolute devotion to duty.
Seventeen-year-old
Anna Hasdiel is a noviate at Hope Academy, a secret school for young angels
where she and her sister, Amalie, train to become Warrior Legites with the duty
of protecting humans from Demons for the Legion United.
Anna's devoted
to the angelic cause.
She's always
known she would be a Warrior for the Legion. Her world is about to change.
Noviates have
been disappearing from Angel Academies around the world. No one knows why. They
just hope they won’t be next.
The Powers send
in Legite Nathaniel Deror for protection. Legite Deror is strong, fierce and
mysterious. He seems to have it in for Anna one second and the next he’s
rescuing her. He makes her feel things she shouldn’t.
They must travel
to the home of the fallen Archangel Lucifer, where they will fight past a host
of deadly enemies. Where do loyalties lay?
She never planned for this. She never planned
for him.
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Excerpt from Devoted
Anna and Deror fight
Amalie stood off to
the side in a royal blue long-sleeved blouse and faded skinny jeans tucked into
a pair of dark grey rider boots. She stuck out big time. Two boys were standing
by her sides. I rolled my eyes. My sweet, little sister doubled as a serious
guy magnet.
She smiled when our
eyes connected. I smiled back before taking a deep breath and mentally gearing
up for the fight to come. Everyone may as well have disappeared. They didn’t
matter. Not right now.
“Miss. Hasdiel, did
you study the blocking moves?” Deror asked, knowing I had.
“Yes, Legite,” I
was sullen. Everyone had gotten into the rhythm of me being chosen. Erick gave
me a reassuring nudge as I stepped out of line and joined Deror on the mat.
“Good. Are you
ready?” He knew I was.
He took the ready
stance and I took the self-defense stance.
Another Warrior, I
didn’t bother looking at said, “Begin.”
He threw the first
punch. I almost fell, but I stopped his fist from connecting with my face. I became
his personal punching bag in these exercises.
“Very good.” He was
starting off easy. My teeth ground together.
Everyone knew it. I even think I heard Taylor
feign a yawn. God, she could be so irritating.
He came at me with a downward sweeping elbow
strike. I listened to the whistle as his arm cut through the air like a knife.
I pulled back, surprised, nearly tripping over my feet in the process. The
elbow strike was a more advanced move than we’d been working on. He was showing
off for his legites. There was a snarky glimmer in his eye. The gold hues
melted against the green in his eyes. I squinted, angry. He looked more
amused. Or was it something else? I
wasn't sure.
The last week had
been a total mind-fuck, my body quaked with anger and bits of red fingered my
vision. Yep, it was happening again. Red.
I executed a
perfect, I mean, perfect, high block
and came back with an upper body counter attack that would’ve made a ninja
jealous.
I knew I should
only be blocking, but I was done! A fire burned in my belly, my blood boiled.
I'd had enough. He knew it. He made me look weak on a daily basis. He told me
how green I was; how I had no control. I was inexperienced.
Was he right?
Probably.
But I was going to
prove him wrong even if it killed me.
He turned and
executed a perfect stepping back kick. I countered with an inside block. His
body pounded against mine.
I changed tactics.
Jab punch. He blocked it easily. He looked smug. Cocky jackass. I wasn’t going
to let him get off that easy. Sweat drenched my hairline. Front roundhouse kick
to his chest. He wasn’t prepared for a kick. I could see it in his eyes. We'd
been restricted to upper-body maneuvers in class, but I was capable of so much
more.
I attacked with a mid-elbow strike to the
stomach. I could see the pain in his perfect almond shaped eyes. We danced a
while longer. We fought like a
thunderstorm raged inside us. Each one blocking, dodging, and throwing punches.
The strikes traveled from his legs, arms, head, and hands. Some happened
singularly, others with seconds between them. The lightening was accompanied by
sweat raining off us. My legs and lungs burned white-hot with the effort. My
arms were starting to feel like boiled pasta. He executed a high downward
hammer fist to my nose. I blocked him, but not effectively. The guy had eight
inches on me. My jaw hurt. My lip bled. I ignored it. He'd drawn first blood.
That galled. Blood was the goal. I had combat lust. He suddenly stopped,
concerned. He came at me slowly, incautiously.
About the Author
Gemini Emery is
a horse trainer living in Colorado with two yappy dogs and a few quirky horses.
She graduated
from Regis University with a BS in Business Administration and a minor in
philosophy.
A life-long
reader, Emery has always had a special affection for the urban fantasy and
paranormal romance realms.
When not riding
horses or writing she actively searches for adventure and, as such, partakes in
archery, skydiving, and shooting. In her downtime she reads until her vision
blurs, writes, hikes, spends time with family and drinks an excessive amount of
chai and coffee.
Devoted is her
first novel.
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