The Dark Queen's Revenge

Book excerpt: What do you do when you and your friends find yourselves forced to participate in the sick, violent games of a power-crazed madwoman, two vengeful stalkers from your past lives, and your long-lost mother, who serves them without question?You win, or you die."I thought talking to the animals was the extent of the ability the invisible watchers gave me. I also assumed that the woman who gave birth to me and left me with a stranger was dead. I was wrong on both counts."I wasn't the only one gifted with a special ability. Kella was given the ability to call the winds, Spark can create fire out of thin air, Jaereth can make others do whatever he wants, Artan makes plants grow instantly, and my heart-father, Miklos, can move things with his mind and heal. The invisible watchers warned us that they gave us these gifts to protect us from our mutual enemies. We could never have imagined how much those enemies hated us, or why."Thanks to our mind-mates, the Na'e, we learned how to shield ourselves from our enemies' eyes and thought we could fight back. Instead, we fell right into their trap. If we don't survive this, the hope of humanity dies with us."