Ruth Silver - Moirai

The honeymoon is over. - Craynor

I swallowed the bile rising in my throat. I grabbed the note, left my bag in his room, and took off for the elevator. Repeatedly, I hit the button, pounding on it for it to come faster. “Damn it!” I screamed, growing frustrated with every passing second. I hadn't heard a fight when Joshua had been taken. He wouldn't have gone willingly. I knew that about Josh, and he hadn't so much as tried to contact me telepathically. I knew if he was alive and conscious he would have tried.

Just as I turned to head for the stairs, the elevator dinged. I jumped in, pushing the button for the lobby. I paced nervously until the doors opened yet again and I ran from the building as fast as I could to where the meeting with the representatives of each city had met. I knew chances were slim they were still conversing. What other choice did I have? I didn't know how to call an emergency meeting, and this was important!

Running through the tiled floors, I slipped, but caught my balance before pushing open the heavy wooden doors. I was surprised to see about half the members still in session.

“Olivia?” They nodded at me, taking a momentary pause to see what the rush was about.

“Joshua's gone missing,” I gasped between breaths, shoving the note on the wooden table in front of them. “The former governor of Genesis has taken him.”

Ruth Silver attended Northern Illinois University and graduated with a Bachelor's in Communication in the spring of 2005. While in college, she spent much of her free time writing with friends she met online and penning her first novel, Deuces are Wild, which she self-published in 2004. Her favorite class was Creative Writing senior year where she often handed in assignments longer than the professor required because she loved to write and always wanted to finish her stories. Her love of writing led her on an adventure in 2007 to Melbourne, Australia. Silver enjoys reading, photography, traveling and most of all writing. She loves dystopian and fantasy young adult stories. Her debut novel published by Lazy Day Publishing, ABERRANT, was released April 2013. The second novel in the series, MOIRAI, continues the saga. Ruth has been actively writing since she was a teenager. She currently resides in Plainfield, Illinois.

You can visit her online at http://writeawaybliss.com.