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Because of what you are, the Believers will hunt
you down.
A storm is brewing on the streets of LA, one that has intensified since a tragic and deadly confrontation claimed an innocent life.
While Gabriel Stewart trains his army of teen psychics to stop Alexander Reese--the obsessed leader of the Believers--the fanatical church becomes more bent on the annihilation of all Indigo and Crystal children. They're silencing the voices of the telepathic hive, one soul at a time, with frightening experiments cruelly executed on vulnerable minds.
When the Believers torture a mysterious homeless boy, Oliver Blue, they brainwash him into betraying his own. The boy becomes a deadly pawn to take Gabriel down. As the fires of chaos burn around him, Gabe is running out of time. He'll need to confront his past--and the man who made him--before the hope of peace for the future is silenced forever.
Crystal Fire (The Hunted #2)
by Jordan Dane
Release Date: 11/26/13
Harlequin Teen
Swoon-worthy Scene with Kendra Walker & Rafael Santana
Excerpt
from Crystal Fire
In this scene, Kendra
and Rafe are practicing a memory invasion tactic on each other, to hone their
ability to attack the mercenaries of the Believers, the secret organization
hunting them. They’ve isolated themselves in the high meadow behind the Stewart
mansion, away from the others. After she broke through Rafe’s barriers, Kendra got
a glimpse of his dark past and things he’d never told her.
Kendra felt the suffocating heat of Rafe’s intense
grief all around her as she drifted through the shadows of his darkness.
Feeling his pain only reminded her of what she had done—the secret that no one
else knew. Rafael was far stronger than she had ever known. He didn’t talk much
about his past and neither did she, but maybe this was his way of letting her
in.
She wandered through his mind for what felt like
hours, but time had no meaning here. She had to find her way out. When she
couldn’t take any more, she stopped moving and shut her eyes tight.
She clenched her fists and felt her body stiffen
as she pictured the Bristol Mountains—and Rafael waiting for her on the other
side. When she broke off her connection to his hellish memories, the sudden
shift from darkness to bright sunlight blinded her and a rush of sound punished
her ears. She collapsed to the ground and felt the prickling sting of grasses
against her skin.
“Oh God,” she panted.
She squinted into the sun and held up her hand to
shield her eyes. After she realized she’d come back, she stared at Rafael in
stunned silence. He scrambled to his feet and rushed to her side to hold her
hand.
“What did you see?” he asked. “Did you get in?”
Kendra still felt haunted by the darkness in
Rafael. She took a deep breath and struggled to calm the pounding of her heart
as she stared into his dark eyes.
“No.” She shook her head. “You were too tough.
Maybe next time.”
She chose to lie, for his sake and for hers. How
could she describe what she’d seen and felt without hurting him?
“Yeah, next time,” he said.
After Rafael helped her up, he looked as if he
wanted to ask her more, but he stopped. An abused and broken boy reflected in
his eyes. Why had she never seen that before? Rafael had survived his father,
endured his life on the streets and risen to a better place because of his love
for Benny. Kendra hoped there was a heaven for him. He deserved it. He’d
already done time in hell.
But did he have it in him to keep fighting?
“You wanna try it on me?” she asked.
She tried to sound up for it, but from the look on
his face and the slump of his shoulders, she knew what he’d say.
“No.” He shook his head. “I gotta…get out of here.”
Rafael left her standing on that cliff, watching
his back as he left. Rafael. She called out to him,
telepathically, but he never answered her. What should have brought them
closer—her seeing every secret he had and even how he loved her—only made her
feel that they were further apart.
He needed to be loved by someone special and
deserved someone whole, who could help him get over his busted life—not be a
reminder of it. Even if he didn’t blame her for what happened to Benny, she
did. As she watched Rafael walk away, she realized she was as crippled as he
was.
How could she help him…or anyone?
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Bestselling, critically-acclaimed
author Jordan Dane’s gritty romantic thrillers are ripped from the headlines
with vivid settings, intrigue, and dark humor. Publishers Weekly compared her
intense novels to Lisa Jackson, Lisa Gardner, and Tami Hoag, naming her debut
novel NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM as Best Books of 2008. She also pens young-adult
novels for Harlequin Teen. Formerly an energy sales manager, she now writes
full time. Jordan and her husband share their Texas residence with two lucky
rescue dogs.
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I'm really looking forward to reading this book. I loved the excerpt. This isn't like anything I've anything read recently; it sounds wonderful.
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