Excerpt + Giveaway: Ignite by Kaitlyn Davis

Kaitlyn Davis, author of Ignite is sharing with us today an excerpt from her book! She is also giving away two ebook copies of Ignite. So read on and fill out the form below for a chance to win!

Kaitlyn Davis has always been a writer. She grew up duct taping her novels together, started writing complete manuscripts in high school and studied creative writing at Johns Hopkins University where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. She currently lives in New York and is pursuing a career in journalism as well as in fiction.

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Prologue

Kira watched as he languidly stood up, flexing his muscles as though he had just awakened from a long dream. He stretched his arms over his head and cracked the bones in his neck before finally settling his gaze on her. She hardly recognized him, the boy she had fallen in love with. Where minutes before there had been light and emotion in his eyes, there was only a black hole, a seemingly endless abyss. Kira had never seen him look at her that way, like less than food, like vermin, even since the first time they’d met.

“Aren’t you going to run?” He asked with sinister humor coloring his words. The smirk on his face might as well have been a knife cutting through her heart. The darkness had always called him, but Kira had always thought that being with her would be enough to keep him from crossing over. She saw now that he’d surrendered to his nature and for the first time she felt real fear when he looked at her.

Kira stepped backwards on shaky feet, trying to digest the question. She didn’t have an answer. How could she turn her back on him and run away? It was he, the man she loved, trying to kill her. There were no options. Could she forget it all, all the nights they had shared kissing and swapping secrets, and fight to kill? Or, would she run and admit there was no hope that he would return to her?

Kira said his name and reached out her hand, searching one last time for the man she’d lost.

“Yes, honey.” The word hit her like a slap in the face as it rolled off of his tongue drenched in sarcasm.

Kira looked up at the sun, still hidden behind the shadow of the moon, and sprinted into the tree line behind her. She couldn’t give up on him now. But, when the eclipse was over, maybe she would finally find the strength to fight.

Chapter 1

As Kira waited in line for a parking spot, she studied the sprawling two-story building that took up her entire line of vision. It was decorated with the words “Charleston County High School” and graffiti covered brick, and had a layout much different than that of the private school she had attended in New York with numerous buildings spread over a few city blocks and sandwiched in between larger corporate ones. And, the students wandered here at a pace much different than the bustle she had grown used to during the past five years spent at the boarding school she had begged her parents to attend. But, last year her father had been laid off, and Kira knew she’d be back home for her senior year. Her family had lived in Charleston for about four years, but Kira’d never met anyone during her summers home. This would be new for her, a huge school that she would definitely get lost in and tons of people who’d probably never even heard of ‘The Met.’

A car honked behind her and Kira continued moving at a slow pace down the parking lot as students took turns swinging trucks into super-sized, yellow lined spaces. As she took her turn pulling the eco-friendly car her parents loved into a spot, she knew she wouldn’t quite fit in here. Kira looked to her left at the person sitting in the passenger seat of a pickup truck, a full two feet above her, and felt as tiny and invisible as she probably seemed to him. But enough, she shook herself; she hated self-pity more than anything. Kira grabbed her shoulder bag and made for the front door with the rest of the crowd. She did give Charleston one thing, the smell of marsh and pine was a heck of a lot better than that of car exhaust and garbage.

“Name?” the secretary asked as Kira entered the main office for her schedule.

“Kira Dawson.”

“Year?”

“Senior.” Kira ran her hands down the sides of her royal blue sundress, smoothing out the wrinkles to make a good impression on her new classmates.

“Here you go, honey.” She took the folder and pulled out a schedule. Advanced Calculus Room 253C. Kira walked out to the hallway and looked around for a sign or anything to point her in a direction, but only saw bare brick walls. After a few minutes, someone finally took pity on her.

“Are you new?” A handsome blond guy with a lanky build was standing behind her looking over her shoulder at the paper. “Oh, 253C, not an easy walk from here. Come on, I’m next door to you.” She followed, having no real other choice. “So you are new, right, or have my great looks made you speechless?” Damn, she hated being called out.

“Yeah I’m new, and what good looks? You’re so tall I can’t even see your face.”

“Touché.” He studied her for a moment and Kira finally got a good look at his face, which she had to admit, wasn’t too shabby. He had wispy hair the color of summer corn, a slightly crooked nose spotted with light brown freckles and a wide, friendly smile full of perfectly white teeth. There was something about his eyes, green with flecks of yellow, that she found familiar and almost comforting. “I’m Luke Bowrey,” he extended his hand, naturally tanned from a summer in the south, and she shook it.

“Kira Dawson. Nice to meet you, and thanks for the help.”

“Not a problem, when I see a damsel in distress I just can’t help but act the knight in shining armor.” She laughed despite herself. Kira knew he was cocky but she also instantly knew they would be friends.

“Here’s your stop. Hope to see you later,” he rushed in the classroom next-door right as the bell rang. She hurried to do the same, and sat quickly in the first seat she could find. The math was easier than she was used to, as were chemistry, biology and Spanish. Her morning went smoothly as she followed people from classroom to classroom and eventually into the cafeteria big enough to hold all 1500 students at the school.

BUY

Ignite 

by Kaitlyn Davis

"With one last look, one final search of the lines of his face for some sign, Kira turned and ran away from the sound of the man she loved laughing in the face of her death."
When Kira Dawson moves to South Carolina, she meets Luke, a blond goofball who quickly becomes her best friend, and Tristan, a mysterious bad boy who sends shivers down her spine. Kira knows they're keeping secrets, but when she discovers Tristan's lust for blood and her own dormant mystical powers, Kira is forced to fight for her life and make the heartbreaking decision between the familiar comfort of friendship and the fiery passion of love.

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