Sonya Weiss
Urban Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Lyrical Press
December 22, 2015
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Their love is
a ticking time bomb.
Juliet Sawyer was born to save the world. Gifted with incredible powers, she’s the only one standing in the way of The Great Extinction, the prophesied battle between Supernaturals and humans. In order to keep her sister safe and avenge her father’s murder, she’ll have to infiltrate the ranks of the Supernatural leaders who wish to destroy her. But the one thing she didn’t count on was falling in love…with someone who wants her dead.
The gorgeous and dangerous son of one of the Supernatural leaders, Riley West is in charge of training the group for war—now including Juliet, whose father is responsible for killing his family. But the more they train together, the more intensely their passion for each other burns. The deeper Riley is drawn in by Juliet’s beauty, the closer he gets to the secrets she keeps: one that will challenge everything he believes in—and one that could lead to her death. Together, can their forbidden love help stop the war? Or will one of them be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice?
Juliet Sawyer was born to save the world. Gifted with incredible powers, she’s the only one standing in the way of The Great Extinction, the prophesied battle between Supernaturals and humans. In order to keep her sister safe and avenge her father’s murder, she’ll have to infiltrate the ranks of the Supernatural leaders who wish to destroy her. But the one thing she didn’t count on was falling in love…with someone who wants her dead.
The gorgeous and dangerous son of one of the Supernatural leaders, Riley West is in charge of training the group for war—now including Juliet, whose father is responsible for killing his family. But the more they train together, the more intensely their passion for each other burns. The deeper Riley is drawn in by Juliet’s beauty, the closer he gets to the secrets she keeps: one that will challenge everything he believes in—and one that could lead to her death. Together, can their forbidden love help stop the war? Or will one of them be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice?
Excerpt
I gripped my pen hard enough to bend it and
got an ink blotch on the palm of my hand. Opening my eyes, I tried to
discreetly wipe the mess down the side of my jeans. While my peers kept
laughing, Mr. Sands motioned us
forward, waving his hand as if conducting an
orchestra.
I bit down hard on my lip and tried to block
the sound. Even though I had a greater
purpose than wanting to fit in among the humans or the Supernaturals, being an
outcast hurt.
“Romeo and Juliet, if you’ll please come up to
the front now?” The teacher tapped a copy of the book against his palm.
I remained seated, watching as Riley, my enemy as much as if we were
truly a Capulet and a Montague, made his way to the front. I hated any kind of
public speaking. Please don’t let me make a fool of myself. I gave
myself a mental kick. Pull it together, Juliet.
I stood and moved to the front of the room. I would fake confidence well
enough to do this. Everything was under control.
Then I looked into
Riley’s eyes.
They were an almost translucent blue, and
peering into them made me feel as if the
floor shifted. Hostility swam in their depths. Fear and anticipation waltzed
together inside of me. I’d heard the rumors about him. He was without a heart.
Without a conscience.
When I kept staring, Riley raised a
questioning eyebrow. I quickly took another dog-eared copy of the book from the teacher,
licked my lips, and read aloud, “Deny thy father
and refuse thy name.”
“You haven’t been paying
attention,” Mr. Sands snapped and
pointed to another portion.
Embarrassed, I searched for the part. Riley
stopped my frantic page flipping and trailed his finger down the page. “Here.”
I cleared my throat and started again. “Romeo,
doff thy name, and for thy name, which is no part of thee, take all myself.”
A boy in the front row made a rude comment,
and Riley glared
at him.
When the room was quiet, Riley read, “I take thee at thy word. Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptis’d:
Henceforth I never will be Romeo.”
Mr. Sands approached us to
show us what part to read next, and when he
did, I got a weird feeling about
him like I was in danger. Something in the teacher’s eyes reminded me of a Ragespawn’s eyes, an ancient
enemy of ours, the Tazavorn species. I dismissed the thought as quickly
as it came. That had to be impossible. Ragespawn lived only in our galaxy, not
the human one. Surely the human authorities would not have granted asylum on
Earth to our most vicious enemy.
A low creak sounded above Mr. Sands’s
head, and he quickly turned. The mounted speaker flew from the wall and
knocked the teacher’s copy of Romeo and Juliet from his hand, pinning it to the
floor in a tangle of wires and a cloud of dust. Most of the dust settled on top
of his scrub brush hair while some of it coated the white cement walls.
Silence reigned except for the ticking of the clock.
About the Author
Sonya Weiss is a freelance writer, ghostwriter and author. She's
addicted to great books, good movies, and Italian chocolates.She's passionate about causes that support abused animals and children. Her parents always supported her bringing stray animals home although the Great Dane rescue was a surprise.
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