Emberheart Book 1

Jonathan Tarte

Description

Emma Celeste was starting her first day as a junior in high school, trying to live a plentiful life as a teenager. But on that day, she met an unparticular boy with a past that was beyond humane, Aiden Aerosmith, an Asterian from another world with a past that haunted him and inflicted damage on others. On the flip side, Dayle Valesquire, the leader of the Phantom Activist, a terrorist cult with the mission to prove the East District, one of the four established districts of Ocroria, what true freedom looked like. Can Aiden stop the Phantom Activist before they unleash mayhem across the East District? Will Dayle achieve his goals and persuade Aiden to join the righteous side?

Sujets

• Fantastique
• Romance fantastique
• Romance
• Fiction
• Fantasy

Informations

• Publié par: Xlibris US
• Date de parution: 06 décembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669848127
• Langue: English

Extrait

EMBERHEART BOOK 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jonathan Tarte
 
 
Copyright © 2022 by Jonathan Tarte.

Library of Congress Control Number:
           2022917601
ISBN:
Hardcover
978-1-6698-4811-0

Softcover
978-1-6698-4813-4

eBook
978-1-6698-4812-7
 
 
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
 
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Rev. date: 10/20/2022
 
 
 
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Aiden Aerosmith
Chapter 2 The Phantom in the shadows
Chapter 3 Attachment
Chapter 4 The Party Crashers
Chapter 5 Secrets in the bakery
Chapter 6 Alignment
Chapter 7 First date?
Chapter 8 Wolf under the stars
Chapter 9 The Calm before the Storm
Chapter 10 Star-Crossed Enemies
Chapter 11 The East District’s Harvest Festival
Chapter 12 Confinement
Chapter 13 The Battle of the East Part 1
Chapter 14 The Battle of the East Part 2
Chapter 15 Old Time Bickering
Chapter 16 Abandonment
CHAPTER 1
Aiden Aerosmith
“The world works in mysterious ways, one day, you’re working with people you never thought you would have worked with, you become someone that you never expected to be but secretly desired to be, these turns of events happens to everyone. For my case it started on my first day as a junior in high school. Living at the beautiful country of Ocroria; where I am established in one of the four districts in Ocroria, the East District. I, Emma Celeste will begin my long-anticipated journey… or so I thought…”
In a bright sunny day in the East District, a young girl by the name of Emma Celeste, 16 years old, was going to start her junior year in high school. In her bedroom, laid a delicate girl with light brown hair, long eyebrows, slowly opening her crystal purple eyes, the sparkles in her eyes were like a school of stars dancing; a soft beam of sunlight touches her soft and supple skin, she turned her view to her alarm clock to look at the time, reality kicked in, the sparkle in her eyes crashed to the floor and her face plunged into an expression filled with worry.
“I’M LATE!” exclaimed Emma in shock.
She bounced out the bed and headed to the bathroom. Taking a swift shower while also brushing her teeth at the same time; she quickly prepared for her first day back to school. Transitioning from her bath robe to a black hoodie and blue shorts, she made her hair in a ponytail style and clipped-on her special black leaf hairpin by her bangs; She took a moment to look at herself in the mirror making sure she looked presentable. In a frantic state, she searched around her room for her yellow school bag. As soon as she found it, Emma quickly put her shoes on and ran out the house in a rush to go to school hoping she would not be late. On her way to school, an elderly woman walked her dog next to the riverside. At the back of her view, she saw a young woman with brown hair and purple eyes sprinting behind her like she was being chased by a savage lion.
“Excuse me miss!” said Emma.
She ran past the old lady with her dog so quick that the dog ran around her owner to protect her, leaving the owner tangled by the leash.
“Oh, the youth, always full of energy,” said the old lady.
Arriving at the school, Emma sighted a beautiful girl with blonde hair, light blue eyes, wearing a white blouse and a blue skirt, a little tiara on top of her head, standing in front of the school elegantly. Emma stopped in front of her; being unathletic, she had a hard time recollecting herself being almost out of breath. Having a parched throat, she let out dry coughs.
“Woah Emma why are you out of breath?” questioned the blonde girl.
“Sorry Kate, my alarm went off three times before I woke up. Actually, why are you just standing here we got to head to class now, we’re already late,” said Emma.
“What are you talking about, we have 15 minutes before class starts. I’m just admiring the school and the people inside,” said Kate.
Hearing what Kate said, Emma remembered how disoriented she was with time. Emma regaining her breathing, she recollected herself and faced the school with Kate.
“Junior year. I can’t wait to meet some cute boys… or maybe future husbands,” said Kate while biting her lip and raising an eyebrow in a provocative manner.
Emma laughed uncomfortably to Kate’s comment. Wanting to give a rebuttal to her comment, she realised she does not stand a chance against Kate’s alluring character. Entering the school, Emma and Kate were amazed by the beautiful interior of the school, gazing at the school structure and levels of depth at each corner of the building. As Kate approached the center of the school, she shouted,
“Hello East High, Kate Lockser has entered the school year; Pleasure to be acquainted with you all”!
The school’s hallways go silent, the students were talking amongst themselves about the surprising greeting they have received. When suddenly…
“KATE!” shouted a young man.
A well-dressed young man with smooth dark skin, black curly hair and brown eyes rushed down a flight of stairs to approach Kate. She was surprised by how quick the distance between them were closing quickly. The young man was striding in front of her. Luckily, Kate recognized the person in front of her.
“Nolan Stones is that you?” asked Kate.
“The one and only, it’s not surprising that you still remember me, I do have charms that melts the hearts of all,” said Nolan.
“Guys it’s Kate Lockser, the princess of the East District!” shouted a student in the back of the crowd.
Realizing who she was, everyone ran towards her to take a picture and or get an autograph. Being so overwhelmed, Emma slowly crawled her way out of the crowd and made her way to her locker. As she was about to open her locker, a jock bumped onto her, attempting to catch a ball. The jock had brown hair that would hang down to his eyebrows and hazelnut brown eyes, with the school’s football logo at the back of his jacket, he turned around to apologize to the person behind him.
“Oh, sorry my bad didn’t see you there.”
“Oh, don’t worry you just bumped my right shoulder, it’s no big deal,” responded Emma.
But it did a lot more damage than she thought. His broad shoulders and his tall frame were not a ruse. Holding in her tears, Emma asked the jock to direct her to the nurse’s office.
“So, um… I know this is weird to say after what happened but… Hi, my name is Paul Jameson,” greeted Paul.
“Emma Celeste,” replied Emma while holding her tears.
Waving goodbye to Paul, Emma headed to the nurse’s office to check-up on her injured shoulder. She peeked her head around the office to see if anyone was around. After investigating the area for a good minute, Emma smiled with excitement for what was going to happen next. She closed the door, took a steady breathing pattern, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and placed her left hand onto her right shoulder and casted a healing spell.
“Restohealia,” muttered Emma.
In an instant her right shoulder started to heal thanks to the refreshing green glow casted on it. Emma felt relieved that the pain was slowly disappearing, she also started to think how strong Paul was for a jock or that maybe she was extremely fragile. After her quick healing process was finished, she headed out the nurse’s office, on her way out the door she felt a very immense and ominous presence near her. Her facial expression turned from relaxed to agitated, her palms were shaking, her breathing was off because of this enormous aura surrounding the hallways of the school. She looked around vigorously to find where the source originated. A little minute later, the immense aura dimmed down, and so Emma calmed herself and questioned why something so intense was roaming around the school. Nonetheless, it would not stop her from having a wonderful first day at school. Emma entered her first class, history; she spotted Kate waving at her and indicating her to sit next to her. As she approached to her desired seat, she also recognized that Nolan and Paul were also in her class.
“Welcome class to your first year as juniors,” greeted the Homeroom teacher. He had black hair and blue eyes, he wore a faint blue button-up with a dark green cardigan and khakis, “oh my, I see some new faces here, for prime examples, Princess Lockser of the East District and Prince Stones of the South District. Welcome to East High, now let’s begin with the history behind intergalactic travel…”
While Paul tried to listen to the teacher, he easily lost focus on the lesson and wondered in his mind at various observation in the classroom. He thought about his upcoming football matches, why does time started from 1 to 60 seconds and not 1 to 100 seconds, why does the teacher have a funky sense of style? Why is their still pr