Akea - The Power of Destiny by Elizabeth Jade - Book Tour
Akea
– The Power of Destiny
Akea is born into a family of sled dogs and
a life that follows a predictable path, but from the day she first sees the
lone wolf, Kazakh, Akea knows her future lies beyond the safety of her home.
Kazakh is well aware of Akea's destiny and the pack laws he will break to help
her reach it. Regardless of the challenges ahead, he must make sure this young
husky will be ready, even if it means his life.
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from Chapter 1 - https://youtu.be/umBbQRv2GI0 (2 mins 44 secs)
Reading
from Chapter 6 - https://youtu.be/7weWzfS-Sng (2 mins 26 secs)
Reading from Chapter 10 - https://youtu.be/G0j5djycPrs (2 mins 17 secs)
From
Chapter 2 and takes place just after Akea's father has been attacked by the
lone wolf.
That night Akea couldn't sleep, so
she lay there with the day’s events playing over and over in her mind. If only she could make sense of it all. She understood one thing though - the moment
the wolf looked into her eyes, she had felt something awaken deep inside that
had only stirred before; she felt like a wolf.
Not quite knowing why, she quietly left the shed and ran towards the
forest. It was gloomy and dark, but Akea
pressed on until she reached a clearing. Stopping in the middle, she raised her
head up at the full moon and howled; a long wolf like howl. Almost immediately her call was answered, from
right behind her. She turned quickly and
there stood the lone wolf.
"Looking for me young
volk?" he said.
"Who are you?" she
demanded.
"I am Kazakh, the nomad. You were very brave to come to me young volk,
but I knew that you would someday."
"My name is Akea!" she
grumbled. "How did you know that I
would come here?"
"My dear Akea; I know most
things," he sniggered as he took a step towards her. Akea began to feel a little
uncomfortable. Perhaps it had not been a
good idea to come after all.
"I must go back before I'm
missed," she said nervously.
"You must stay my young
Eacnung," he said as he stepped in front of her. "It is time for you to find your inner
wolf. I will teach you."
"Eacnung!" she spluttered
- that was her mother's name, and it meant 'bearer of children’. "You are too forward for your own good
Kazakh. Besides, I cannot go anywhere
while my father is injured and you are to blame for that."
Even though this wolf had attacked
her father, a large part of her wanted to stay.
She wanted to ask him why he had done it, but somehow she felt that now
was not the time; she was so confused.
"I am going back," she
said firmly. "But when I am ready,
I will call to you Kazakh." And with that she turned and headed home,
leaving Kazakh alone in the forest. As
she made her way home, she thought about what he had called her - Eacnung. Was he, in his own way, admitting his
affection for her or was there more to it than that? She couldn't believe that she was prepared
to leave her family to find out. She
paused outside the shed, hoping that she hadn't been missed. Her mother would be furious if she found out
where she had been, and she wasn’t sure if her beloved sister would be able to
keep such a great secret. Then there was
her father; had he survived the wolf attack?
There was only one way to find out, so with a deep breath she crept back
into the shed.
Author
Bio
Elizabeth Jade was born in
North Yorkshire, England, in 1998 and moved with her family to Wellington when
she was very young. Her early schooling did not go smoothly and she began home
schooling at the age of 7. She stumbled into writing at the age of fourteen
when she began to struggle with depression and anxiety, and quickly found her
story ideas pouring out faster than she could get them onto paper. It wasn’t
until the age of eighteen that she realised her struggles in school had been
due to Aspergers Syndrome (an autistic spectrum disorder). She has always had a
passion for animals and has volunteered at various animal rescues, so it seemed
only natural that her stories would revolve around them.
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Website
– www.elizabethjade.org
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