by Viola Grace
Monathian grinned. “We shall keep feeding them, then.”
She smiled and looked around at the elegant creatures that were so far from the roughly constructed trolls, the sharp and lethal goblins, and the bladed and fluffy sirens.
The thoughts ran through her mind all day until she had completed her tasks as assistant for the day. She had been organizing a smaller symposium on the increased access to surface farming and looked at the guest list. She looked at the pearl of her hand and the strange colour of her hair and compared it to the list of races on the page. No matter where they were in the world at that very moment, they had all been born human—the one thing that united each and every sentient being on New Pangea. Everyone started the same way, and then, things went weird. It wasn’t necessarily fair, but it made sure that everyone knew they had the same point of commonality.
When she crawled into bed, she could see the statues and artifacts that her family had sent to her as keepsakes. They were trolls, she wasn’t, but they had all started the same. It wasn’t a bad thing to be born human. She looked forward to what came next.
Author’s Note
And so concludes the first book of Habel Trollblood. I knew halfway through the third part that there was a lot more story to tell.
If enough people enjoy Habel, she is going to be getting a second book in this five-part format. Who am I kidding? I already ordered the cover art for Rogue Elf.
Thanks for reading.
Take care of yourself,
Viola Grace
About the Author
Viola Grace (aka Zenina Masters) is a Canadian sci-fi/paranormal romance writer with ambitions to keep writing for the rest of her life. She specializes in short stories because the thrill of discovery, of all those firsts, is what keeps her writing.
An artist who enjoys a story that catches you up, whirls you around, and sets you down with a smile on your face is all she endeavours to be. She prefers to leave the drama to those who are better suited to it, she always goes for the cheap laugh.
In real life, she is now engaged in beekeeping, and her adventures can be found on the YouTube channel, Mystery Bees Apiary. Just look for the cartoon kittens.