Synopsis
El'Zandria: the legend.
The Floresse Kingdom's eternal darkness is finally coming to an end, and it's up to the Tenth Maiden to bring back the sun. El'Zandria had always envied the Maidens who had gone before and had been granted a single wish, along with eternal youth, for solving the riddles of the one who cursed their land. However, she soon discovers that wishes don't come without a price.
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Genessa: the legend seeker.
With her head in the clouds, she has always dreamed of the time when the world was filled with castles, treasure and magic. And one day, she gets a glimmer of hope that such things still exist. Following after a vision, Genessa walks in the footsteps of the legendary El'Zandria, but finds out that fables are not always told in its entirety.
Both must battle the greed and desires of men, and acquire the love that their hearts so desperately seeks.
Excerpt
Prologue
"I wish to fly," a woman said, peering into a crystal sphere. And her wish was granted.
The night sky opened itself to her and embraced her body with the gentle brushes of the wind. Dark clouds drifted slowly past as she raced upwards, toward the stars.
No longer earthbound, she was free in the wind. Spreading her arms, her laugh caught in her throat as she twirled around and raced across the sky. She released her joy, allowing the burst of laughter to escape from her lips. Twirling around again, she flipped, turned, and then flipped again, feeling the rush of the plunge, defying gravity, the adrenaline taking her higher.
She could fly.
Angling herself, she flapped her arms and dashed up, cutting straight through the middle of a cloud. She wanted more. Higher. Higher. Faster. Faster. The freedom of it all, the exhilaration of such power began to make her giddy. She slowed down and stopped a moment, hovering above the pillows of clouds.
With the full moon at her back, she stared at the sky, amazed at its endless, immense darkness. She could go anywhere, be anywhere, with just a moment’s thought.
Suspended in the sky, she slowly turned around and took in the beauty of the things in the air, moving past her. Then, curious about the view of the earth from her vantage point, she easily and swiftly descended. Once past the clouds, she saw her homeland. The forest, the city—everything looked like a miniature maze of simple construction. Like toys. Flying above the earth made her realize how insignificant, how delicate, how small yet precious the world was.
"So, this is how a god feels." With that, she dove down and flew over the forest, those towering trees that a true lady would never find herself climbing. She blazed by them, their leaves blurring into a sea of dark colors. She had never known, never even dreamed of such a powerful feeling.
"Are you content with your wish?" The voice was as gentle as the wind in her hair.
"Oh, yes," she answered, "So content."
"Ah. I am pleased."
The speed with which she had been flying and the dramatic altitude began to make her dizzy, and so she slowed to touch the leaves of the trees with her fingertips. In the shadow of the forest, something moved quickly, darting from tree to tree. Then suddenly she found herself plunging, falling, out of control. In a millisecond, she was no longer flying; her ability to sustain herself in the air snapped. She screamed, seeing something rushing up toward her, its claws anxiously waiting.
Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1 Floreese Kingdom
Chapter 2 Lottery
Chapter 3 Failures
Chapter 4 Castle & Tests
Chapter 5 Desire
Chapter 6 Untruths
Chapter 7 Light
Book II
Chapter 1 The Fable
Chapter 2 Second Vision
Chapter 3 Enemies
Chapter 4 Journey Begins
Chapter 5 Dead Tree
Chapter 6 Nine Maidens
Chapter 7 Cavern
Chapter 8 New Floreece
Chapter 9 Prince Valcolm
Chapter 10 Solozin's Castle
Epilogue
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