I'm breathless. Just before I walk into the classroom, I glance over my shoulder.

Lo's eyes are deep and piercing. I feel the weight of them hovering, watching. Holding me motionless as time, too, stands still.

I force myself to peel my gaze away from his compelling stare, making my feet obey weak commands to enter the classroom... one in front of the other, like a drone.

Something hot pulses across the back of my neck, racing across my body, and I can't even think.

It's not Ehmora who will be the death of me. It's this boy.

This is volume 1 in The Aquarathi .

This book has been graded for interest at 14+ years.

There are 368 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Amalie Howard is the award-winning IndieNext author of Alpha Goddess , the Aquarathi series, and the Cruentus Curse series. Her debut novel, Bloodspell , was an Amazon bestseller and a Seventeen Summer Read.