The Sphere Chronicles: A Holding Kate Series Book by LaDonna Cole
Authors: LaDonna Cole
Tags: adventure, Romance, Fantasy, YA), Action, Sci-Fi, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult, Ghosts, Heroes, teen fiction, ya fiction, teens, hero, Warriors, strong female, heroinne, quantum, quantum physics, teen heroes, wasps, strong girl
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the inside out.
“What song shall we sing tonight, dear Bard?” She turned her face up to him and lifted an eyebrow.
He studied her face as it reflected the moonlight and rested his fingers gently on her cheek where a bruise colored her skin.
“Uneventful, huh?” He traced the bruise tenderly. She closed her eyes and leaned into his hand.
“Nothing that Candol and I couldn’t handle.” She shrugged. “I don’t want to talk of battles, Mani. Sing to me.”
He sang the song they had first sung together when they met. She lifted her voice to match his, eyes still closed. They wove their harmonies in embracing tones like a couple in a waltz.
When the song was finished, she opened her eyes and looked into his. A question lingered there, and an invitation. Manifus didn’t know if he would ever be able to breathe again.
“Are you going to choose me, Manifus?” she whispered, eyes glistening.
“I am.”
“Good.” She sighed contentedly and leaned her head into his shoulder. “What is our next song?”
Manifus wrapped his arm around his warrior, and they sang songs of blessing for their friends to the moon and the stars.
© 2014 LaDonna Cole and HwV Productions, excerpts from Threshold , Tsian the Wise , and A Story and a Cup of Tea
DEFINITIONS
JUMP: A journey to an alternate dimension through the carriage of a quantum event called a sphere. Jumps are a type of quantum therapy designed to immerse clients in experiences with representations of their most prominent fears to overcome obstacles in a controlled environment.
SPHERES: Quantum pockets designed to carry passengers safely to and from alternate dimensions. They can be manipulated to retrieve passengers from any site within broadcast parameters.
ITALIAN TERMS
AMICI: Friends
ASCOLTERÀ : Listen
BAMBINI: Children
BELLO: That’s nice
BENVENUTO: Welcome
BUON APPETITE: Bon appetite (Enjoy this meal with a good appetite.)
BUONGIORNO: Good morning
CHE LE È SUCCÈSSO: What happened?
CHE MACELLO: What a mess!
CHE PARTITA: What a game!
COS’È QUESTA COSA?: What is this thing?
ELICOTTERO: Helicopter
HO MAL DI TESTA: I have a headache.
LE NOSTRE FAMIGLIE: Our families
LEI CI ASCOLTERÀ: She will hear us.
MIEI CARI OSPITI: My dear guests
MIO CARO: My dear
NIENTE: Nothing
NON MI PARLANO DI QUESTE COSE: I do not talk of these things.
PISCINA: Swimming pool
PROIBITO: Prohibited
SALA DA PRANZO: Dining room
SCHERZOSO: Playful
SEGRETI: Secrets
SIGNORE: Mister
SII LIBERO: Be free
SURFING SLANG
ANKLE BUSTERS: Small waves
BARREL: Where the wave is hollow when it is breaking. For some surfers, it’s the be-all and end-all of surfing. Is sometimes called a “tube.”
BARNEY: An inexperienced surfer, or someone who’s no good at surfing.
BENNY: A non-local
CARVE: The classic surfing maneuver. Carving is basically what turning on a wave is called.
CHARGE: A surfer really going for it on a wave, surfing aggressively.
CHOKA: Awesome, bitchin’
KOOK: Term used to describe new surfers, but better suited to experienced surfers that still do kooky things such as drop in on people, snake, act as if they are better than they really are.
FEAR TRICKLED DOWN my spine and my heart thumped an angry staccato as the enormous beast crashed through the thicket behind me. Run! I commanded my feet, but they seemed to be growing roots into the mossy forest floor.
“RUN!” Mel screamed and yanked on my arm so hard I thought she had wrenched it right out of my shoulder, but it worked. I was running. We were both running for our lives.
“Is it yours?” She yelled to me.
“I don’t…I don’t…” Looking back over my shoulder, I saw the beast pause and throw his nose into the air, sniffing. He reared up on his hind legs and I saw it. He was wearing a long yellow leash of sorts around his neck, but the ends were frayed, as though he had gnawed himself free.
I stumbled
“What song shall we sing tonight, dear Bard?” She turned her face up to him and lifted an eyebrow.
He studied her face as it reflected the moonlight and rested his fingers gently on her cheek where a bruise colored her skin.
“Uneventful, huh?” He traced the bruise tenderly. She closed her eyes and leaned into his hand.
“Nothing that Candol and I couldn’t handle.” She shrugged. “I don’t want to talk of battles, Mani. Sing to me.”
He sang the song they had first sung together when they met. She lifted her voice to match his, eyes still closed. They wove their harmonies in embracing tones like a couple in a waltz.
When the song was finished, she opened her eyes and looked into his. A question lingered there, and an invitation. Manifus didn’t know if he would ever be able to breathe again.
“Are you going to choose me, Manifus?” she whispered, eyes glistening.
“I am.”
“Good.” She sighed contentedly and leaned her head into his shoulder. “What is our next song?”
Manifus wrapped his arm around his warrior, and they sang songs of blessing for their friends to the moon and the stars.
© 2014 LaDonna Cole and HwV Productions, excerpts from Threshold , Tsian the Wise , and A Story and a Cup of Tea
DEFINITIONS
JUMP: A journey to an alternate dimension through the carriage of a quantum event called a sphere. Jumps are a type of quantum therapy designed to immerse clients in experiences with representations of their most prominent fears to overcome obstacles in a controlled environment.
SPHERES: Quantum pockets designed to carry passengers safely to and from alternate dimensions. They can be manipulated to retrieve passengers from any site within broadcast parameters.
ITALIAN TERMS
AMICI: Friends
ASCOLTERÀ : Listen
BAMBINI: Children
BELLO: That’s nice
BENVENUTO: Welcome
BUON APPETITE: Bon appetite (Enjoy this meal with a good appetite.)
BUONGIORNO: Good morning
CHE LE È SUCCÈSSO: What happened?
CHE MACELLO: What a mess!
CHE PARTITA: What a game!
COS’È QUESTA COSA?: What is this thing?
ELICOTTERO: Helicopter
HO MAL DI TESTA: I have a headache.
LE NOSTRE FAMIGLIE: Our families
LEI CI ASCOLTERÀ: She will hear us.
MIEI CARI OSPITI: My dear guests
MIO CARO: My dear
NIENTE: Nothing
NON MI PARLANO DI QUESTE COSE: I do not talk of these things.
PISCINA: Swimming pool
PROIBITO: Prohibited
SALA DA PRANZO: Dining room
SCHERZOSO: Playful
SEGRETI: Secrets
SIGNORE: Mister
SII LIBERO: Be free
SURFING SLANG
ANKLE BUSTERS: Small waves
BARREL: Where the wave is hollow when it is breaking. For some surfers, it’s the be-all and end-all of surfing. Is sometimes called a “tube.”
BARNEY: An inexperienced surfer, or someone who’s no good at surfing.
BENNY: A non-local
CARVE: The classic surfing maneuver. Carving is basically what turning on a wave is called.
CHARGE: A surfer really going for it on a wave, surfing aggressively.
CHOKA: Awesome, bitchin’
KOOK: Term used to describe new surfers, but better suited to experienced surfers that still do kooky things such as drop in on people, snake, act as if they are better than they really are.
FEAR TRICKLED DOWN my spine and my heart thumped an angry staccato as the enormous beast crashed through the thicket behind me. Run! I commanded my feet, but they seemed to be growing roots into the mossy forest floor.
“RUN!” Mel screamed and yanked on my arm so hard I thought she had wrenched it right out of my shoulder, but it worked. I was running. We were both running for our lives.
“Is it yours?” She yelled to me.
“I don’t…I don’t…” Looking back over my shoulder, I saw the beast pause and throw his nose into the air, sniffing. He reared up on his hind legs and I saw it. He was wearing a long yellow leash of sorts around his neck, but the ends were frayed, as though he had gnawed himself free.
I stumbled
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