Sins of the Fallen Sneak Preview
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Sins of the Fallen (Academy of the Fallen 3) will be available in less than a month and I already can't wait to work on the next book in the series. Sins of the Fallen was an emotional roller-coaster and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Here is a sneak preview and information on how to pre-order your signed copy. Enjoy! :)
Kayla
I
wish I could go back to when life was simple; when I didn’t have to make
choices that so many lives depended on.
In a way, I could. I had
the option of leaving and never looking back, but I knew in my heart that I
would never be able to live with that choice. I also knew I would never be free from the beings that haunt
me.
I
sat in the library of the Academy where I had arrived just days before. I was supposed to be thinking things
through before I gave Clarissa, the angel in charge of this Academy, my final
decision; but my decision had already been made the moment I was given my
options.
Things
got much worse at the other Academy.
Daniels, my biological father, trapped Benjamin and another demon in
there with the haunted and fallen angels, but we all knew that it was only a
matter of time before Benjamin took over.
Benjamin is my half-brother, and unlike me, he is not the offspring of
an angel, but of an incubus. The
other demon in there with him is Hannah, a succubus who I don’t even like to
think about.
Clarissa
told me that as much as they needed me, this was not something I had asked for,
and besides, I had my free will. I
could go back to my life, with my human parents and sister. Clarissa said if that was my decision,
they would do everything in their power to keep me and my family safe. The alternative was for me to stay and
help them take the academy back from the hands of my insane father, after all,
you have to be insane to love and want to help a demon. If I chose to do that, I would have to
stay away from my human family for a long time. Revenge would be inevitable and it was just not safe for me
to go back to them.
If
I stayed, Clarissa assured me that they would be watched over and they would be
told that I was in boarding school.
That part, I didn’t like…. The thought of them giving my parents
something unreal to believe in worked like a spell, and it really creeped me
out to have someone mess with their minds like that.
I
heard the footsteps coming toward me and I already knew who it was. Hunter approached and sat on the floor,
next to me.
“You
haven’t changed your mind, have you?” he asked.
I
shook my head.
“I
didn’t think you would,” he said in a saddened tone.
“Hunter,
I told you before, there are too many people involved for me to turn my back on
them. I need to help them. I need to help Kim. She is my sister and I’m not leaving
her there.”
“Kayla,
the others will find a way to help them without you risking your life. You seem to forget that unlike them,
you are mortal!”
I
shook my head. “Hunter, regardless
to who is in charge over there, Daniels, or Benjamin, they will take down the
wards for me to go in. This will
be faster.”
I
could see how frustrated he was.
“You
have no training, Kayla! We’ll
probably just get trapped in there along with the others.”
I
smiled at him. “You know that I
won’t be alone, right?”
“Of
course you’re not. I’ll be there
with you, but it’s not like I’m trained to fight against them either.”
I
sighed.
“What?”
he asked.
“I
don’t want you to go.”
I
knew if he went, the succubus who had attacked him before would go after him
once again.
“You
must have lost your mind.”
“Hunter,
Hannah is going to target you if you go.”
“I
can handle her.”
“Hunter,
she already got to you. TWICE!”
“You
are not going in there without me, Kayla.
I don’t care how many of the fallen go with you, I still don’t trust
them; if you go, I go.”
“FINE!”
I
stood up and started to walk away.
“Where
are you going?” he asked.
“I’m
going to give Clarissa my answer… again.
And tell her we both need some kind of training before we go in. I don’t want to go in there having to
worry about a slutty succubus sucking the life out of you.”
Hunter
smiled. “She can’t suck the life
out of me, Kayla. I’m immortal,
remember?”
I
rolled my eyes at him. “Yeah, that
didn’t seem to stop her from sucking life out of you before. The only difference is that your life
is endless and it made her want you even more.”
Before
he could say anything else, I turned around and walked away.
I
rushed to Clarissa’s office with Hunter following me. I knew he wanted to make sure he was going with me no matter
what.
Clarissa
was on the phone when we stopped at her office door. She waved us in and rushed to be off the phone.
“Hello
Kayla. Hunter. I suppose you are here about your decision,” she said.
I
nodded. “My decision hasn’t
changed.”
She
looked at Hunter who was shaking his head.
“What
about you, Hunter?” she asked.
“What
about me?” he asked.
“Is
that your choice as well?”
“Kayla’s
choice is my choice. If she goes,
I go.”
“Very
well. We can’t go unprepared, so
you’ll have time to change your minds if you wish. Hunter, Xavier will be training you as much as he can to protect
yourself from demons and to fight back if you have to.”
“What
about Kayla?” he asked.
Clarissa
smiled. “Kayla will receive
training of her own. We were able
to locate another Nephilim who grew up in our world until he decided to leave. He will teach her what he has learned
over the years.”
Hunter
gave me a concerned look.
I
shrugged. “We both need training,”
I said. “It makes sense.”
“You’ll
just learn the essentials to help us get in the academy, and keep yourself
protected as we take control. If
you wish to continue with your training after everything is settled, you can,”
said Clarissa.
We
both nodded. I knew I wanted to
return home once things were safe, but for some reason I couldn’t bring that
up.
“How
are things at the other Academy?” I asked. Last I had heard, Stephaine, one of the angels from this
Academy that got stuck in the chaos created by Daniel, was still sending
messages about what was happening there.
That was one of Stephaine’s abilities.
Clarissa
looked saddened. “No major
changes, but it is only a matter of time before things get worse. It seems that Daniels has spent a lot
of time talking to Benjamin, but we don’t know what about. The subbucus has just been wandering
around. The good news, if you can
call it that, is that everyone else has been hiding in their dorms most of the
time. It keeps them out of her way and out of danger.”
“What
about Ashley? Any news?”
“Ashley
was sent to live with her grandmother.
Her and the child are protected.”
It still creeped me out that Benjamin had gotten to Ashley like he
did. She wasn’t the most loyal
friend at school, but still, no one deserved that.
Talking
about Ashley, the other Academy, and even the thought of what everyone who was
trapped was going through made me uncomfortable. I tried to change topics. “Will I be able to call my
parents?” I asked.
“Of
course,” Clarissa said.
“When
does training start?”
“Hunter
can start today. I’m afraid you will
have to wait until tomorrow, Kayla.”
I
nodded and we both got up to leave her office.
“And
Kayla,” said Clarissa. I turned
around to face her. “Samael, the
Nephilim who is coming to help you…” She paused. “Well, you might as well know
that he has a challenging personality.”
“That
meaning?” asked Hunter in a concerned tone.
“He
doesn’t exactly want to do this and I’m sure it will show.”
Hunter
looked even more concerned. “So
why is he doing this then?”
“Let’s
just say that we helped correct certain mistakes of his in exchange for his
help.”
Hunter
looked from Clarissa to me.
I
shrugged. “As long as I learn what
I need to, I don’t care.”
“Kayla,
I don’t know about this,” said Hunter.
“Hunter,”
said Clarissa, “You are welcome to watch Kayla’s training whenever you are not
busy with yours, and I’ll make sure that is the case during her first
training. As much as I hate to
admit it, I’m as concerned about Samael helping her as you are.”
“That
doesn’t exactly make me feel any better,” said Hunter.
“I
know, but at least in this academy, we are honest and if I think you need to
know the truth about anything that concerns you, I’ll tell you. Unfortunately, as much trouble as
Samael is, he’s the only one with the knowledge Kayla requires.”
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