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    Balance: Omega Queen Series, #9
    Balance: Omega Queen Series, #9
    Balance: Omega Queen Series, #9
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    Balance: Omega Queen Series, #9

    By W.J. May

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    • Fantasy

    • Adventure

    • Magic

    • Family

    • Friendship

    • Chosen One

    • Love Triangle

    • Prophecies

    • Secret Identity

    • Magical Creatures

    • Enemies to Lovers

    • Found Family

    • Supernatural Abilities

    • Epic Quest

    • Lost Princess

    • Love

    • Betrayal

    • Supernatural

    • Vampires

    • Loyalty

    About this ebook

    USA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May, brings you the highly anticipated continuation of the bestselling YA/NA series about love, betrayal, magic and fantasy. 

     

    Be prepared to fight, it's the only option.

     

    Who says you can't go home again?

     

    When a crimson dragon rises from the ancient fortress, Evie and her friends think their luck is finally turning. Their enemy is strong, but not invincible. He is raising an army of darkness, but they have powerful allies to come to their aid. They are returning to their parents. Their parents will know what to do.

    If only things were so simple.

     

    A realm divided cannot stand, and it will take more than taking up the crown again to restore the five kingdoms. Sacrifices must be made, an impossible choice that shakes the friends to their very core.

     

    Are they willing to do what is required? Can they set aside personal happiness for the greater good?

     

    No matter what they're forced to give…will it ever be enough?

     

    Be careful who you trust. 

    Even the devil was once an angel.

     

    OMEGA QUEEN SERIES

    Discipline

    Bravery

    Courage

    Conquer

    Strength

    Validation

    Approval

    Blessing

    Balance

    Grievance

    Enchanted

    Gratified

     

    ORIGINAL SERIES:

    Queen's Alpha Series: Eternal

    Everlasting

    Unceasing

    Evermore

    Forever

    Boundless

    Prophecy

    Protected

    Foretelling

    Revelation

    Betrayal

    Resolved

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWanita May
    Release dateMay 20, 2021
    ISBN9781393975588
    Balance: Omega Queen Series, #9
    Author

    W.J. May

    About W.J. May Welcome to USA TODAY BESTSELLING author W.J. May's Page! SIGN UP for W.J. May's Newsletter to find out about new releases, updates, cover reveals and even freebies!   https://www.wjmaybooks.com/subscribe   Website: http://www.wjmaybooks.com Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-WJ-May-FAN-PAGE *Please feel free to connect with me and share your comments. I love connecting with my readers.* W.J. May grew up in the fruit belt of Ontario. Crazy-happy childhood, she always has had a vivid imagination and loads of energy. After her father passed away in 2008, from a six-year battle with cancer (which she still believes he won the fight against), she began to write again. A passion she'd loved for years, but realized life was too short to keep putting it off. She is a writer of Young Adult, Fantasy Fiction and where ever else her little muses take her.

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      Balance - W.J. May

      ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Have You Read the C.o.K Series?

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      ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Chronicles of Kerrigan

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      How hard do you have to shake the family tree to find the truth about the past?

      Fifteen year-old Rae Kerrigan never really knew her family's history. Her mother and father died when she was young and it is only when she accepts a scholarship to the prestigious Guilder Boarding School in England that a mysterious family secret is revealed.

      Will the sins of the father be the sins of the daughter?

      As Rae struggles with new friends, a new school and a star-struck forbidden love, she must also face the ultimate challenge: receive a tattoo on her sixteenth birthday with specific powers that may bind her to an unspeakable darkness. It's up to Rae to undo the dark evil in her family's past and have a ray of hope for her future.

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      ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Balance Blurb:

      USA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May, continues the highly anticipated bestselling YA/NA series about love, betrayal, magic and fantasy.

      Be prepared to fight... it’s the only option.

      Who says you can't go home again?

      When a crimson dragon rises from the ancient fortress, Evie and her friends think their luck is finally turning. Their enemy is strong, but not invincible. He is raising an army of darkness, but they have powerful allies to come to their aid. They are returning to their parents. Their parents will know what to do.

      If only things were so simple.

      A realm divided cannot stand, and it will require more than taking up the crown again to restore the five kingdoms. Sacrifices must be made, an impossible choice that shakes the friends to their very core.

      Are they willing to do what is required? Can they set aside personal happiness for the greater good?

      No matter what they're forced to give...will it ever be enough?

      BE CAREFUL WHO YOU trust. Even the devil was once an angel.

      ​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Queen’s Alpha Series

      Eternal

      Everlasting

      Unceasing

      Evermore

      Forever

      Boundless

      Prophecy

      Protected

      Foretelling

      Revelation

      Betrayal

      Resolved

      ​​​​​​​​​​The Omega Queen Series

      Discipline

      Bravery

      Courage

      Conquer

      Strength

      Validation

      Approval

      Blessing

      Balance

      Grievance

      Enchanted

      Gratified

      Contents

      Have You Read the C.o.K Series?

      Find W.J. May

      Balance Blurb:

      The Queen’s Alpha Series

      The Omega Queen Series

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Grievance Blurb

      The Queen’s Alpha Series

      The Omega Queen Series

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      The Chronicles of Kerrigan

      Chapter 1

      There comes a point in every dream when the consciousness begins to stir.

      Walls shimmer and boundaries fade. The laws that govern grow weak and confusing. Two worlds battle for dominance, each rattling the confines of the other, and for a moment—just a moment—one finds oneself stranded on the edge in between.

      Whether the dreams be a blessing or nightmare, that fleeting moment is always accompanied by the faintest trace of fear. An instinctual resistance to the transition. The loss of one world, to be replaced by the next. The fear is universal, forgotten by the time one awakens.

      This is SO much worse than that.

      Evie flexed the tips of her wings, careful not to disturb the silent group of people gathered in the dip between her shoulders. They shifted anyway, peering restlessly over the sides.

      For the last three days, they’d been flying in a straight line east.

      Rather, the dragon had been flying. The friends had been clinging to the crimson scales, closing their eyes and trying desperately to convince themselves that they weren’t hurtling through a cloudless sky. The journey had been largely uneventful. They rested when she needed. They flew when she was ready. Aside from an unfortunate hunting incident, wherein the princess had rather enthusiastically used her new powers to ‘help’, things had been quiet and unchanging in the skies.

      Until now.

      Three days they’d been flying. And the journey was said to take three days. Of course, none of the friends could vouch for this. None of them had ever travelled so far outside the kingdom. But according to Cosette, the only one to have visited before, things were starting to look familiar.

      Adelaide had wept for joy upon hearing the news.

      The others...had not.

      What will they say? Evie thought, not for the first time. What will they say when they see us?

      In her mind, it was a joyful reunion. Lost child comes back from the dead. There would be rejoicing, laughter, stories, wine. All those tender hands she’d so dearly missed would rise up to embrace her. She would be wanted. She would be home.

      But her heart knew better.

      This was our choice.

      In spite of the chaos that had risen up around them, it was impossible to dispute this one damning fact. While they had no way of predicting what madness would ensue—the years of prolonged travel, the sorcerer’s dark curse—the friends had chosen to leave. More than that, they had made use of a terrible opportunity just to steal that first breath of freedom.

      Whatever bitter memories had followed—the grieving, the conflict, the dissolution of all unity in the realm—it would be fair to say they had chosen that as well.

      Not fair, perhaps. But depressingly accurate.

      What will they say?

      In no world could Evie imagine her mother not crying at the sight of her. Despite her fearsome reputation the Damaris queen had always been free with her emotions, caring not who happened to witness such a spectacle. Yes, her mother would weep at the reunion.

      But would they be tears of joy? Or had the window for such sentiment passed? Was it all part of the same tainted memory, their entire journey, lost in the wretched abandonment of the past?

      And what of her father?

      A blurry image flashed through her mind, coming back on the wings of a dream. The broken king kneeling on the bank of a rushing river. His head bowed in sorrow, his face streaked with tears.

      Are you all right?

      The quiet voice of the vampire whispered over the air, gentle as a breeze and as easily dismissed by the others. With the bond between them, he rarely had to ask. But he asked anyway.

      Does he not know? Does he not feel this way himself?

      It would be impossible to know whether such emotions were shared as strongly during the transformation. But judging by the way his hands tightened on the base of her neck, offering a faint squeeze of reassurance, she’d be willing to bet he understood it quite well.

      She stretched her wings again, forgetting her promises to keep steady.

      No, she thought, though he was unable to hear, I’m not all right.

      The only comfort, and it was indeed a small one, was that she wasn’t alone. That feeling of dread had overtaken them all. She could feel the tension rolling off the others, disguised in tight smiles and glances at the passing scenery, though their fingers were clutched white upon her back.

      When she alighted suddenly on the crest of a mountain, she felt their relief as well.

      Okay... Freya said uncertainly, releasing her death grip. I guess we’re stopping?

      The process went a lot smoother than expected, considering the friends had little experience with such things. The second her feet touched the grass the others jumped to safety, while Ellanden lingered a step behind to offer a helping arm to her grandmother. Once they were clear, the princess began the uncertain task of ‘removing the dragon’ whilst the others waited at a safe distance. This part was always a bit trepidatious, but no sooner did she feel the chilled alpine wind bite into her skin than Asher was there with his cloak, draping it over her with a gentle smile.

      Welcome back. Those dark eyes scanned her carefully, always seeing more than they should. How are you feeling? That was the longest time yet.

      Shifting was a delicate balance, especially to those just starting out. In what felt like another lifetime, Evie remembered her father cautioning the new wolves in the infantry. Warning them not to push themselves too far, lest those lines blur a little too deeply and the beast begin to take hold.

      It was always said as a joke. It was always said over ale. But standing atop the mountain, shivering in the vampire’s cloak, she couldn’t help but worry there was some truth in it.

      It’s becoming too much, she admitted, pulling the fabric closer around her. I’m glad that we’re almost—

      But she caught herself suddenly, unable to lie.

      I know, Asher said softly, his hands closing over hers.

      Their eyes met briefly, sharing a silent understanding, then flew in opposite directions as the rest of their friends trudged forth. Although the dragon was technically the only one at work, the others would later swear it took just as much a physical toll to ride along as passengers.

      The fae, in particular, was having problems.

      That was unbearable, as always. He shook out his cloak and made a spectacularly failed effort to smooth back his hair. "I will never understand, Everly—given that you are the only thing up there—why it’s somehow impossible to fly in a straight line. Have you been drinking on the sly?"

      Quit it, Cosette chided, looking him over with a grin. Seeing as the princess of the Fae was gifted with dragon blood herself, she didn’t mind the screaming winds nearly so much as her intemperate cousin. "You aren’t fooling anyone. The adrenaline junkie doesn’t like to fly? The only reason you’re complaining is that you’re jealous you can’t manage such a thing yourself. Or out of some belated sense of loyalty to your father—who has grown past his misgivings, by the way."

      Half-true.

      Given the mutinous flash of the fae’s eyes, the jealousy was most definitely real. But his father was no closer to taming his hatred of flying than the first moment one of his best friends transformed before his very eyes. The last time he’d been forced to take to the skies, the high-born prince had actually feigned a convenient poisoning rather than climb upon the dragon’s back.

      That being said, the mention of his father had made a profound impression on the young prince. His eyes flew without thinking towards the distant mountains before retreating quickly to the safety of his shoes. He murmured without thinking in his native language before catching the others watching and switching quickly into the common tongue.

      That’s ridiculous. Only a fool would amend themselves to such things.

      ...that’s not what you said.

      "I’d much rather fly alongside of my own volition—"

      Then grow wings like your mother and take to the skies, Asher said dismissively, turning back to his girlfriend. Sweetheart...why did we stop?

      Lies failed her. Excuses failed her. Those mountains were looming up behind him, just as inescapable and distressing as they’d been to the fae.

      I had to sneeze, she blurted, adding a quick, "Don’t want to do that as a dragon."

      It was a testament to the absurdity that Ellanden agreed with it immediately. The rest continued staring, as if waiting for something more. It took a moment to realize what that was.

      ...it passed.

      In the quiet seconds that followed, the princess wished very much that she’d come up with something better to say. Her friends graciously averted their eyes while her grandmother stepped forward, easing her hands away from the vampire to take them in her own.

      "My sweet girl...there is nothing your parents want more than to see you home again. You must not trouble yourself, there is nothing to fear—"

      I’m not afraid, Evie shot back evenly.

      A few paces away Ellanden stiffened arrogantly, as if rebutting the words himself.

      The queen’s eyes twinkled and she pulled in a patient breath. After years of presiding over the Damaris court, she was well-used to navigating such delicate egos. But by now even the vampire was staring at apprehensively at the mountains, a trace of panic flickering in those dark eyes.

      You think they will be angry, she said softly, glancing back at the others before returning her gaze to the trembling girl. You think this is something they cannot forgive. Better they live with a memory. Better they think it was never your fault.

      Such a simple summary of a writhing mess of feelings.

      Evie glanced away quickly, forbidden tears stinging the corners of her eyes. She had half a mind to leap straight off the cliff, returning only when she was armed with fangs and scales, but her grandmother squeezed her fingers tightly—forcing her to return that steady gaze.

      "But it wasn’t your fault, dear one. You set off to save the world, only to fall victim to a dark enchantment. Do you really think that your parents won’t understand such a thing?"

      The princess pulled in a sharp breath, wanting so badly to believe that was true.

      But we left, she whispered, unable to meet the woman’s eyes. We slipped away in the aftermath of a grisly attack, knowing full well—

      That was ten years ago.

      Adelaide said each word softly, but they cut to the core. Whether it was a reassurance or further condemnation, the princess wasn’t sure. But one way or another, it settled the question.

      Take it from someone who knows...

      Those twinkling eyes grew abruptly sad.

      It is their every prayer, their every thought, their every aching dream. She cupped a hand around the princess’ cheek. The very breath in their lungs...it is all longing for you.

      THE DRAGON TOOK TO the skies just moments later, soaring in the blaze of a radiant sunset as the last of their endless journey slipped quickly away. After only a few minutes, Cosette abandoned her perch beside Seth and slid to the base of her cousin’s neck, giving it a quick squeeze.

      It’s just there, she pointed to a cluster of peaks in the distance, can you see?

      Evie nodded faintly, making a wide turn.

      She saw where the little princess was pointing, but didn’t quite understand what she was looking at. The mountains may have been under enchantment, but they looked no different to the outside world. The base was a valley, the slopes were a forest...but the peak?

      The peak had been replaced with a sprawling villa that would have looked at home in any one of their kingdoms. No possible clue how it got there. It simply materialized out of thin air.

      You can take the queen out of the castle...

      Not once, not twice, but three times the dragon circled—ignoring the increasingly pointed stares from its passengers, pretending to debate where to land. It wasn’t until she heard Seth’s quiet voice, I’m going to be sick, that she decided to take the plunge.

      Not a moment too soon, since there was about to be another dragon in the skies.

      They heard the argument before they saw it, angry voices drifting up on the breeze. A second later, they glided into view and saw the pacing figures of two people.

      People as familiar as the friends themselves.

      Serafina...Kailas.

      —past time I went to look for her! the Damaris prince was shouting. I don’t care if she’ll resent the intrusion, I can’t believe it’s taken me this long!

      The enchanting fae trailed behind him, fire burning in

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