The Leap to Freedom

A Spellster Short Story

by Aldrea Alien

The Leap to Freedom - Aldrea Alien - Spellster

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Part of the Elven Migration series:

The Leap to Freedom

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ISBN: B07R699R7B
Pages: 18

Run. Don’t stop. And don’t look down.

Stranded in a human-ruled land that has no mercy for an elf, Vala has two goals: protect her baby girl and follow her wife to a place where there is no fear of slavery. But will this new world allow her to slip through their grip?

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Published: May 12, 2019
Genres:

Action Adventure, Fantasy, Fantasy - Dark Fantasy, Fantasy - High & Other World, Lesfic, People of Color

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author - new zealander, format - shared universe, format - short story <15K, what - emotion - anxiety, what - emotion - grief, what - emotion - guilt, what - emotion - hope, what - emotion - survivor guilt, what - topic - immigration, what - topic - magic, who - description - baby, who - description - established couple, who - description - homeless, who - description - parent, who - occupation - mage, who - occupation - parent, who - type - elves

Pairings: F-F
Heat Level: 1
Romantic Content: 1
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Lesbian
Word Count: 3600
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters

About the Author

Aldrea Alien is a multi-award-winning, USA Today Bestselling, bisexual & genderqueer author from New Zealand who writes fantasy romance of varying heat levels.

She grew up on a small farm out the back blocks of a place known as Wainuiomata alongside a menagerie of animals, who are all convinced they’re just as human as the next person (especially the cats). Aldrea now lives in Upper Hutt, on yet another small farm with a less hectic, but still egotistical, group of animals (cats will be cats), and published her first book in 2014. One thing she hasn’t yet found is an off switch to give her an ounce of peace from the characters plaguing her mind, a list that grows bigger every year with all of them clamouring for her to tell their story first. It’s a lot of people for one head.

Aldrea is the author of…

Dark One's Trilogy
– Dark One's Mistress
– Dark One's Bride
– Dark One's Wife – Release TBA

Spellster Series
– The Leap to Freedom
– Willow
– Someone Else's Shoes: A Cinderella Retelling

– To Target the Heart: A Tale of Two Princes #1
– To Poison a Prince: A Tale of Two Princes #2

– Tracking Trouble: Spellster and the Hound #0
– In Pain and Blood: Spellster and the Hound #1
– And the World Crumbled: Spellster and the Hound #1.5
– In Love and Death: Spellster and the Hound #2 – Re-release 7th Nov 2024
– In Hope and Freedom: Spellster and the Hound #3 – Re-release TBA
– An Unexpected Gift: Spellster and the Hound #3.5 – Re-release TBA

In Pain and Blood was 2nd in the 2018 Connections eMagazine Reader’s Choice Award (Sci-fi, Paranormal & Fantasy Category) and a finalist in the 2018 The Wishing Shelf Awards
To Target the Heart was 1st in the 2020 Connections eMagazine Reader’s Choice Award (Sci-fi, Paranormal & Fantasy Category) and a finalist in the 2020 The Wishing Shelf Awards
Someone Else's Shoes was originally published in the USA Today Bestselling book Once Upon Another World.

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