Novels by Kla

"Be still young one," a powerful female voice echoed in her head, pounding out the panic that threatened to boil over.Lumi squeezed her eyes shut. The woman's voice was commanding, but she felt safe when she heard it. She grasped the nearest tree, leaning heavily against it, feeling the rough bark dirty her soft clean hands.She clung to the tree just as strongly as she clung to the woman's words. She must be still.With one last shaky breath she willed her body and mind to be silent, quieter than the howling wind that threatened to carry her small frame away.Lumi sank to her knees, the moss-grass wet from the torrential downpour that just recently let up. She focused her mind away from these physical discomforts and listened to her surroundings.She pushed her senses beyond the loud wind. She willed her hearing to slice through the thick fog of tree and mist like a knife cutting cleanly through butter. Then she expanded her hearing,