Shadowborn Prison (Dark Fae Paranormal Prison Series Book 1) Read online

  Alluring and beautiful is exactly how I would describe Pitch.

  But often those things just hide a person’s true nature like a cloud of smoke.

  When I finally focus on Sage, her all too knowing eyes are watching me closely. “I know you’re scared. It’s okay to admit it to me, Corvina.”

  “Since I became a shadowborn, I’ve been scared, Sage, but I’ve learnt that running from it only gives the fear more power. It’s better to face the darkness than run from it because one thing is for damn sure…” I pause as I see something coming down the road. “In our world, the darkness never lets you go.”

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  (as mentioned in the book)

  Zorya Kingdom

  THRONE OF LUNA

  Capital City: LUNA

  Ruler: Queen Narah

  DEADLANDS

  Inhabits: Cimmerians, Draugers, Deserters, Bandits

  THE BLACK HARBOUR

  THE WISHING WELL

  SKULL CAVE

  aka Howling Hollow Cave, Statue of Aeon

  THE GORGON LAKE

  FAERIE POOLS

  DEVIL’S DROP

  SHADOWBORN ACADEMY

  SHADOWBORN PRISON

  DRACONIA

  Capital City: Emeria

  Ruler: King Cyrus, Naraah’s brother

  Queen Valessia

  Prince Drusus

  Prince Draco

  Prince Drakon

  Princess Kaida

  ZORYA INN

  Helios Kingdom

  THRONE OF HELIOS

  Capital City: VASILI

  Ruler: King Ulric

  Princess Evangelina

  LAKE LUMEN

  HELIOS ACADEMY

  AURORA BAY

  PEGASUS TAVERN

  FAERIE POOLS

  KYLLAROS

  Ruler: Chiron

  Prince Elias

  GROUND FLOOR

  Entrance/Security

  Armories

  Processing Room

  Visiting Centre

  Wardens’ Staffroom

  Education

  Therapist

  Library

  FIRST FLOOR

  Girl’s Wing > showers, leisure area

  Boy’s Wing > showers, leisure area

  Mess Hall

  SECOND FLOOR

  Solitary Confinement

  Training Room

  Green Room

  THIRD FLOOR

  Blood Trials Arena

  Infirmary

  Morgue

  Laboratory

  THE TOWER

  (located on the third floor, upper left)

  Governor’s chamber

  Izora’s new cell/room

  Staff quarters

  INMATES

  Izora Dawn, arena trainer

  Axel, trainer, chef

  Memphis, arena trainer

  Coen, arena pack alpha

  Tyler, arena pack beta

  Janis Roth, Blood Trials committee member

  Sharon Roth, Blood Trials committee member

  Abigail

  Kenneth, Abigail’s brother, deceased

  STAFF

  Zavier Gold, Governor of Shadowborn Prison

  Shadow Warden (Derek) Luke, Izora’s Guard

  Lieutenant Warden (Nathaniel) Kyle, Blood Trials Enforcer, Luke’s uncle

  Gage Michaels, Therapist, also teaches at Shadowborn Academy

  Scott Mune, Education Teacher, also teaches at Shadowborn Academy

  Doctor Frank, Infirmary

  OTHERS

  High Warden (Athena) Greene, Izora’s mother

  High Warden (Ezekiel) Greene, Izora’s step-father

  Willow Greene, Izora’s step-sister

  Emma Greene, Ezekiel’s former wife, Izora’s deceased nanny

  Corvina Charles, Izora’s friend, Shadowborn Academy student

  GODS & GODDESSES

  Selena, Goddess of the Moon, Persephone

  Danica, Goddess of the Sun, Aphrodite

  OTHER GODS

  (not featured in this book yet)

  Hades, God of Darkness

  Ares, God of War

  Aeon, God of Life

  Eris, Goddess of Chaos and Discord

  Grand Wardens—royal advisors, supreme judges, head of the High Table, the most powerful of all the wardens

  High Wardens—member of the High Table that govern certain fractions of the forest and human world (like mayors)

  Shadow Wardens—law enforcers, highly trained and skilled, powerful

  Junior Wardens—still powerful, will advance up to a Shadow Warden

  Keepers—protectors of Shadowborns and magic users, never really advance

  (how the Enchanted Forest came to be)

  In the beginning…

  Aphrodite and Persephone decided to create a magical forest for all manners of creatures. They appeared in their natural form, unearthly beautiful and fae-like, and brought with them their favourite stars—the Morning Star and the Evening Star. They each placed them in the sky, and one became the sun and the other the moon.

  Aphrodite became known as Danica, Goddess of the Sun, and she created the Throne of Helios where she would reign over her part of the forest.

  Persephone became Selena, Goddess of the Moon, and she created the Throne of Luna, again where she would rule her half of the forest. To their kingdoms, they became known as the Zorya Sisters.

  As the Almighty Goddess of the Moon, Selena, walked through the forest at twilight, admiring her many creations, she came across a shard of glass gleaming on the forest floor. She used this to create the Fountain of Mene which allowed her to see whatever her heart most desired, and to guide her down whichever path she sought in darkness. Selena often used it to see her husband Hades and their children.

  The Dark God, Hades, used this fountain to send her a cloak of darkness on their anniversary, which Selena wove it into a blanket of stars that became known as the night sky. Now the moon had stars, and Selena told her people to use them as guides and sources of light within the darkness, for neither of them should be feared since they cannot exist without the other; just like how Selena’s kingdom cannot exist without Danica’s.

  Many decades later, a strange presence crept into the forest. Eris, Persphone’s half-sister, had grown envious of this Selena and Danica and she planned to spoil their New World.

  First, she unleashed monsters into the forest.

  Darkness.

  The creatures of dark spread like wildfire, breeding chaos everywhere and anywhere they could. Danica tried to chase them back whence they came, but Selena pitied and grew to love them. Some even became her loyal servants. While she became occupied with her new settlers, Eris sent Danica the Golden Apple of Discord, a feigned gift from Ares, which poisoned her.

  Hearing of her sister’s illness, Selena rushed to her side. Nothing could be done to save Danica. Eris watched from the shadows as Danica’s light faded and her sun waned. But then Selena ripped out her own heart and pressed it into Danica’s chest. This allowed Danica to live, but Selena faded and died in Danica’s arms, before she joined the stars in the sky, and because of her sacrifice, she became one with the Evening Star and the Moon.

  When Hades learned of what happened, his anger shook the realms. He used the fountain as a portal and managed to kill Eris, but without his wife to bring out the good in him, Hades’ grief drove him to insanity. He partnered up with Ambrose, the God of Life, and they waged war on the kingdoms. Hades killed Eris, but now that Danica had her powers and her sisters, she was able to severely injure him so much that he had to retreat back to the underworld and was stripped of his ability to return.

  Peace settled among the forest for a time, and Danica gave the Throne of Luna to Ares, who was quick to succumb to the allure of darkness and he became the first Dark Fae—Queen Narah’s four-times great-grandfather.

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