More (More #1)
Release Date: 10/04/12
Summary from Goodreads
Ava Michaels used to think she
was special.
As a child, she fantasized about having magical powers . . . making things happen. But Ava grew up and eventually accepted the fact that her childish dreams were just that, and maybe a normal life wasn't so bad after all.
Now a young college student, Ava meets Caleb Foster, a brilliant and mysterious man who’s supposed to help her pass Physics, but in reality has another mission in mind. What he shows Ava challenges her view of the world, shaking it to its very core.
Because Caleb isn't quite what he seems. In fact, he's not entirely human, and he's not the only one.
Together, the duo faces a threat from an ancient race bound to protect humans, but only after protecting their own secrets—secrets they fear Ava may expose. Fighting to survive, Ava soon learns she's not actually normal . . . she's not even just special.
She's a little bit more.
As a child, she fantasized about having magical powers . . . making things happen. But Ava grew up and eventually accepted the fact that her childish dreams were just that, and maybe a normal life wasn't so bad after all.
Now a young college student, Ava meets Caleb Foster, a brilliant and mysterious man who’s supposed to help her pass Physics, but in reality has another mission in mind. What he shows Ava challenges her view of the world, shaking it to its very core.
Because Caleb isn't quite what he seems. In fact, he's not entirely human, and he's not the only one.
Together, the duo faces a threat from an ancient race bound to protect humans, but only after protecting their own secrets—secrets they fear Ava may expose. Fighting to survive, Ava soon learns she's not actually normal . . . she's not even just special.
She's a little bit more.
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EXCERPT
He was close.
Ava pressed back against the
tree trunk, trying to hold her breath but only able to manage it for a moment
or two before her lungs gave out, air sawing out and in again desperately
against her will. Rough bark rubbed the skin of her palms where she gripped the
tree, scraped her cheek as she turned her head to try and catch a glimpse of
him.
Darkness mocked her.
Nothing to see. No one to
help.
She eyed the entrance to her
dorm frantically, the lit doorway calling out like a beacon on the other side
of the concrete bridge.
If she could only get
there . . .
If she could only get behind
that door—lock it fast—she would be safe.
Safe.
The word echoed through her
panicked brain, foreign and twisted.
Could she ever really be safe
while he was out there?
“Do it,” she muttered,
inhaling sharply as tension rippled through her. “Just go.”
With a shove at the tree, she
ran for the bridge, heels clacking loudly on the path as her muscles screamed.
She glanced over her shoulder, catching a flicker of movement through the
trees.
No!
Ava willed her legs to move
faster, arms pumping in desperation—reaching out and pulling at the air, as if
she could yank herself forward.
Her breath caught. She could
hear him. Footsteps chasing after her.
No—footsteps beside her—now ahead of her.
Where was he?
The better question seemed to
be, where wasn’t he?
He surrounded her—harsh
breaths and pounding feet—a low, mocking laugh as she leapt from the bridge
back onto the path.
Only a few more feet to the
door.
Almost there.
She reached out, aching to
wrap her fingers around the gleaming brass doorknob.
Then with a blur of movement
and a gust of a swirling air, he stood in front of her, blocking the way. Huge,
hulking, and shadowed by the darkness, he laughed as she recoiled in fear,
falling backward in her haste.
“Did you really think you
could escape?” he hissed, reaching toward her.
Fingers ripped the icy ground
as she rolled over, trying to crawl away, rocks digging into her knees and her
palms, a bit of glass slicing neatly into the meat of her thumb. She winced,
lifting it to her mouth to suck the blood, feet kicking back as he grabbed her
ankle.
He laughed again, jerking her
back with one strong pull and dragging her effortlessly across the ground. He
bent down, wrapping a meaty fist around her neck, and she clawed it
desperately, unable to breathe.
Lifting Ava off her feet, he
glared at her, a flash of light catching his angry, mismatched eyes—one blue,
one green.
For a moment, she was almost
mesmerized.
Then his lips curled in
derision and he squeezed, cutting off the scream curdling in her throat.
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