When teenagers Liana Keamy and Jerrim Lightrun decided to run away seeking adventure, they couldn't have imagined what would be in store for them. Coming across a strange old hermit hiding away from society, Liana and Jerrim find much more than the fabled treasure they were seeking, but with deadly consequences. They'll have to decide if they can trust the old man when danger comes looking for them, and hope to return home alive. * First Place winner of the Blue Rose Awards Adventure category * "Some of the most vivid and descriptive scenes I've read. I'm on the edge of my seat" - @byconcept "I am still sitting here 20 minutes later, on the edge of my chair with my mouth hanging open!! :) :D" - @HelenGraul

*This story is being re-written currently as it is not turning out how I wanted it to be. Cailan Anselet was labeled a thief when he accidentally stole an object of immense power. He was outlawed in every city and is being hunted by a powerful organization of witch hunters. How will he survive these hardships?

Gathan had lived in the Shadowed Land all his life, but he longed to see the places and things that his grandfather had told him about in the stories. The tall trees and the green seas of grass on the plains, the purple blue skies and the far off mountains and the deep dark blanket of night covering the land. But Gathan had no hope of ever seeing these things because his people had lived under the ground since before he was born. But when Gathan begins to dream of a beautiful girl who calls him to leave his home to find her, he realizes that his life will never be the same. So now he must choose to leave the only life he knows and the people he loves to follow a shadowy uncertain future or to stay home and ignore the will of the Goddess who has called him.