For the first teaser of Empath (I know, isn't this exciting?), I wanted to talk about a scene that amused me more recently than most. Basically, Lauren finds herself in hot water, and wonders why the Anghenfil doesn't feed on her fear.
Lauren thought of every single way out of her present situation that she could—even calling the Anghenfil to finally come take her. But the damned beast was nowhere to be found.
Typical.
The thieves' village was comprised mostly of small wooden cabins in-between the trees. They were very far into the forest now, removing all hope that she would be found by a passer-by. Therefore, she was completely out of luck.
Cael tossed her into one of the small cabins and disappeared, leaving her to contemplate the horrifying events about to occur. She paced in the hut, mind racing unabated. She was terrified—so why the hell wasn't the Anghenfil in her mind, feeding off of it?
"Okay, Anghenfil, whenever you want, come get me," Lauren whispered, her voice shaking. But she was pretty sure that the monster wasn't interested in real problems. Just the ones she made up in her head.
~*~
Recently, I seem to have developed a really bad fear of flying. I think it has to do with being really really happy, and feeling like I don't get happiness, so I'm going to get it taken away from me. This is, of course, the focus of a blog post later in the series.
To bring it back to the teaser, when I was flying home to Pensacola a few weeks ago, I had a massively terrible, migraine-quality headache. And although I was nervous, I found myself more focused on the headache than the fear of flying.
In Lauren's case, when there was actually something actually endangering her, the Anghenfil (if you're just joining us, that's the big dragon-thing) was nowhere to be found. Anxiety makes you think that whatever you are frightened of will hurt you (hence the dragon allegory) when, in fact, most of the time, there is nothing to be worried about. And in those moments where you can see clearly and think rationally, everything seems much less significant and more manageable.
That, to me, was the first step in slaying my own fears - recognizing that they existed only in the space between my ears.
Stuck between moving on and letting go, she puts on a brave face while crying herself to sleep at night. But when a mysterious voice promises escape from her sadness, she is suddenly transported to a new world. And in this place, the slightest touch pulls her out of her tortured emotions into the mind of another - an empath.
The villagers - sweet Aerona and her mischievous twins, wise Siors, and hunky Cefin - welcome her and the blessings her empath powers bring. But this world is not without its dangers. The Anghenfil, a fire-breathing monster, has haunted the village for decades, and has a taste for empaths. And that mysterious voice promising escape from sadness? It's sounding more like a whisper tinged with smoke and embers.
Will Lauren be able to keep the monster in the mountain and in her head at bay? Or will she succumb to the darkness like the empath before her?
To bring it back to the teaser, when I was flying home to Pensacola a few weeks ago, I had a massively terrible, migraine-quality headache. And although I was nervous, I found myself more focused on the headache than the fear of flying.
In Lauren's case, when there was actually something actually endangering her, the Anghenfil (if you're just joining us, that's the big dragon-thing) was nowhere to be found. Anxiety makes you think that whatever you are frightened of will hurt you (hence the dragon allegory) when, in fact, most of the time, there is nothing to be worried about. And in those moments where you can see clearly and think rationally, everything seems much less significant and more manageable.
That, to me, was the first step in slaying my own fears - recognizing that they existed only in the space between my ears.
~~~
Lauren Dailey is in break-up hell.
Stuck between moving on and letting go, she puts on a brave face while crying herself to sleep at night. But when a mysterious voice promises escape from her sadness, she is suddenly transported to a new world. And in this place, the slightest touch pulls her out of her tortured emotions into the mind of another - an empath.The villagers - sweet Aerona and her mischievous twins, wise Siors, and hunky Cefin - welcome her and the blessings her empath powers bring. But this world is not without its dangers. The Anghenfil, a fire-breathing monster, has haunted the village for decades, and has a taste for empaths. And that mysterious voice promising escape from sadness? It's sounding more like a whisper tinged with smoke and embers.
Will Lauren be able to keep the monster in the mountain and in her head at bay? Or will she succumb to the darkness like the empath before her?
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