But there was little that they could do with the limited technology of the 1600s. The local police were utterly astounded and bewildered by the disappearances of so many people. Usually, only one person would go missing, so it didn’t draw all that much attention, but when two or three people began to disappear at a time, the townspeople started to take notice. The only thing that the town knew was that people would disappear every 10 to 20 years. No one had the slightest clue as to who or what was taking all of the townspeople.

I have no idea why we were keeping track that’s just kind of how it turned out. This kidnapping happened an incredibly long time ago, but we have managed to keep records of most of the people that were taken by The Watch.

However, The Watch has not attacked us for nearly 100 years, they’ve practically faded to myth and legend. What I had heard was that if anyone ventured too close to the border of the town, the person’s mutilated corpse could be found in the ditch by the Now Leaving sign. The town tells the story to the older kids to get them to behave properly, but the stories are still incredibly scary. I had overheard these stories when I was younger. That’s also when we found out what would happen if anyone of us ever tried to move. That’s when people panicked and tried to leave. When people have tried to tell the outside world about what was going on inside our town, no one would believe us, and those who did were met with some form of tragic accident. When they got a hold of you, which they always did, you were never seen or heard from again. Where I come from it means to run for your life, The Watch are coming to get you. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight, right? Wrong, very wrong. But there is a third player in this game meant for two and they will do anything to make sure that she never remembers who she really was. With some royal help she embarks on a journey to stop the devastating war and find out who she really was before the war had started. Dragged into a war that she knows nothing about, Kristine must learn to find her place in the world of the fae before someone decides to extinguish her life forever. Even though her abilities just make her more of an outcast on Earth, someone else sees them as a great asset. What would happen if you were born feeling like this was not your world? These were not your people, that this place was not your home?įeeling like she just doesn't belong anywhere, Kristine tries her best to fit in where ever she can. As soon as the name left my lips two things happened: 1)I felt something clicked into place in my mind which made the headache fade and 2)Avin started choking on the water he had been trying to drink.

Hell's Heat by Caitlyn Fournier