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Heartbound
Author: P.I. Alltraine
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Pages: 177
Genre: YA fantasy romance
Book Description:
Petyr has never found it necessary
to consider the humans as anything more than distant, inferior beings–until
now. They are the cause of the fatal disease that has plagued his realm, taking
the lives of too many of his kind. As a future leader of a realm in peril,
Petyr must find a way to resist and cure the affliction. He must enter the
unfamiliar realm, appear to be an ordinary eighteen-year-old human, observe,
and learn.
However, things don't exactly go according to plan. Instead of embarking single-mindedly on his sober mission, Petyr meets an 18-year-old girl who does things to his emotions that he can't quite fathom or control. Petyr is falling in love, and he almost forgets the gravity his choices have on his entire world. Despite the risk it poses to his life and hers, he wants to know her, and he wants her to know him–and his world.
However, things don't exactly go according to plan. Instead of embarking single-mindedly on his sober mission, Petyr meets an 18-year-old girl who does things to his emotions that he can't quite fathom or control. Petyr is falling in love, and he almost forgets the gravity his choices have on his entire world. Despite the risk it poses to his life and hers, he wants to know her, and he wants her to know him–and his world.
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Excerpt
I defied my fate the moment I leapt out of my apartment’s
third-story window. I landed on the pavement without a sound. In the same
instant, my feet blended into the measured pace in which humans carried
themselves.
Gazing up at the sky, I tried to find something to remind
me of my home, of my duty. The future leader of a realm in peril cannot be
overcome by irrational desires, I thought.
Thick smoke obscured the heavens so much even the brightest
stars were dull and barely visible. A reminder I was trapped in this city, in
this realm. Too far away from everything I knew, too restrained, too human.
Through the chaos in my mind, I captured the image of the
girl with brown and dark-auburn tones in her hair, the shine that bounced from
her loose curls, the depth in her hazel eyes, and even the awkward half-smile
when she caught me looking at her. But the memory wasn’t enough. I needed to
see her again.
I kept walking until I reached the riverbank in the heart
of London. The water rippled with a disheveled mesh of gold and red,
reflecting a large architectural structure. My gaze lingered on the clock tower
adjacent to the building, gauging its height. A temptation to feel even a
fraction of my true nature became a need in every fiber in my body. No longer
able to rationalize, my muscles coiled, and I let go. Wind enveloped me with
its familiar warmth as I sprang across the River Thames. I aimed to land on the
lower portion of the tower, to indulge in the pleasure of my ascent. Though too
fast for human eyes, each maneuver, each somersault, each back flip was slow
enough for me to savor every moment of my liberation.
On a part of the roof concealed from the passersby below, I
was closer to the heavens than I’d been since arriving in the city. Still, I
didn’t belong here. Hundreds of lights sparkled below me, each representing a
life I didn’t comprehend. Allowing myself to break free from my human façade
had made me a liability to the others. For a few moments of freedom, I let
myself forget the importance of my purpose here—the lives that depended on it.
Somehow, having the girl’s image in my mind brought
calmness within me. One that felt permanent. One that extinguished the sense of
entrapment, despite the thick layer of smoke that was still very visible to me.
I held on to the calmness as I regained the confidence to face the others.
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About the Author
P.I.
Alltraine is an award winning poet and author. She has won several
international poetry competitions, and her poems have been published in
separate anthologies.
She
teaches English Language and Literature in London.
She earned her degree in BA English from Queen Mary University of London, a
Post Graduate Certificate in Education and Master’s in Teaching at the UCL
Institute of Education, University
of London.
Before
moving to London,
she lived in the Philippines
where she was ensconced in the rich culture encrusted with dark myths and
enchanted tales. She draws inspiration from these in her writing. Although she
has lived indifferent places and experienced different cultures, she always
enjoyed the constancy of writing in her life. Her favourite authors include
John Milton, Virginia Woolf and James Joyce.
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