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Affliction #3
Defiance
After being turned into the one thing Dean hates most in his life of tragedies, he has to cope with his new life and his old memories that he wishes to forget. Dean is not alone in thinking he is an abomination, the slayer world he was once a part of, is now after him and anyone else aiding in his survival. Dean will stop at nothing to have Mindy in his arms again and to protect her from the fate being forced upon her.
In the third installment to The Affliction Series, friendships will be tested, rivalries will unite, and love will dominate his hate.
In the third installment to The Affliction Series, friendships will be tested, rivalries will unite, and love will dominate his hate.
155 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 30, 2013
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E.M. Jade
6 books255 followersE.M. Jade is the author of Captivated, The Affliction Series and coming out with two new series, which includes Sleeping Darkness. She lives with three crazy kids and her Irish boyfriend, Ryan, that plays a guitar and accepts her randomness for what it is. She is a lover of visual arts who needs to be creative or she'll go insane! Loves Netflix binging and using her boyfriend as a pillow, cooking, baking, and crafts crafts CRAFTS!
Have a chat with her at emjade@emjadesrealm.com! Visit her website at www.emjadesrealm.com for some updates and just about anything related to her writing and projects!
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January 17, 2014Book Title: Defiance. Cover released on facebook page!
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August 21, 2013Edit: If Deb Apodaca's Facebook page gets 4000 likes, she'll moved the release date to 10-15-13! Go like her page now!
I cannot wait for this book to come out and we have some teasers! December feels so far away:(
Teaser #1
Prologue
As the clear liquid cascaded down from the angry roaring sky, Crystal gripped the blood bags against her chest, as if they were an infant being protected against any harm. The glossy black pavement beneath her feet splashed with every footfall as she ran as fast as she could to the entrance of The Space Cavern. Crystal burst through the entrance with tears pouring down her face, her hair, body, and clothes were soaked from the night’s rampage. A blood bag wiggled out of her arms and darted towards the dangerous ground beneath her. Crystal gasped and leaped for the bag, saving it before it crashed into the threatening hardwood surface.
“Crystal!” Shane’s voice faintly echoed throughout the cave.
Crystal tucked the blood bag safely against her chest and clenched it tightly along with the very few others. She looked down at the ground and whimpered at the sight of blood trailing in the direction of her destination. She flew down the stairs and picked up her feet through the cold underground. Her feet crashed against the stone ground, sending echoes throughout the empty space.
Mindy’s screaming broke through the echoes. The cries of excruciating pain gave Crystal chills and an ugly sensation in her gut. Mindy had slayer blood in her...and it was slowly killing her.
Nathan came running out from behind the boulder that concealed the entrance to their hidden home, he noticed Crystal coming and kept it open as she quickly approached.
“How is it going? Is she doing better?” Crystal asked.
“No. I have to get more blood.” Nathan shook his head.
“More?!” Crystal gasped. “But this was all I could find! Humans aren’t out this late.”
“Then what do I do?” asked Nathan. “Crystal!” yelled Shane.
“I gotta go!” Crystal cried out as she
rushed inside.
“But what do I do?” asked Nathan in a
panic.
Crystal turned and ran backwards down
the hall. “I don’t know!” she replied with a shrug of her shoulders, then disappeared into Darcel’s conference room.
Mindy’s body lay stretched across the heavy hard wood conference table. Rope, spackled with blood, was wrapped around her forearm and wrists, down to the sturdy leg of the table. Her legs were also securely strapped to the other end of the table and tightened with every tug Mindy gave as she struggled against the hold. Her entire skin was bubbling as if she were boiling alive and she screamed in agony.
“Kill me now! PLEASE!” Mindy cried out. Tears and blood streamed down her cheek bones and onto the table as she stared at Shane. “Please!”
Shane cocked her a smile, a fake smile, and leaned closer to her. “You’ll be alright. I’m going to make sure of it.” He assured her with a determination that almost was believable.
Buckets of blood sat on the ground below each of Mindy’s wrists. Shane’s shirt was soaked in crimson and his skin was stained with blotches of Mindy’s blood. He stood by Mindy and held her hand tightly as she continued to scream for the pain to stop. Shane looked at the small amount of blood in Crystal’s arms and the panic in his face increased.
“That’s not enough.” Shane said sadly.
“I couldn’t find more. I can go back out and see if I can find a human this time. The clubs closed hours ago, so the town is dead.” Crystal said.
“No, I’ll need your help here. Nathan, Jennifer, and Titus are out searching. One of them has to come back with something.” Shane said.
“How are we going to help her?” Crystal asked.
“I’ve been feeding her human blood so she could heal, but the slayer blood keeps taking over. I’m thinking, we need to drain her completely and then fill her back up with human blood.” Shane continued, “I need to hang her upside down to really get it all out.”
“But-” Crystal protested.
Shane laid his hand on Crystal’s shoulder as a form to ease her. “Don’t worry, I don’t think draining her will kill her.”
“Will it hurt her more?” Crystal asked.
“It will.” Shane said while turning back to Mindy. She was yanking her arms, trying to pull them out of the chains around them.
“If we unchain her, there’s no telling what she’ll do.” Crystal pointed out.
“Any suggestions?” Shane asked.
“We could flip the table over so she’s upside down.” Crystal said.
“Good idea. Ok...let’s do this.” Shane said. He kicked the chairs out of the way and turned the table to face an empty wall. “Ready?” he asked Crystal.
Mindy continued screaming.
Crystal’s eyes began to water again as her close friend suffered. “Yes.” Crystal said while positioning herself on one end of the table, trying not to look directly at Mindy.
The table was about 8 feet long and would have plenty of room to lean against the wall without touching the cave’s high ceiling. Shane and Crystal lifted the end of the table where Mindy’s feet were tied and raised it to a vertical angle. Mindy’s hair cascaded down and pooled on the floor like a mess of silky drapes.
Jennifer came in the room, dragging a man dressed in tattered clothing. “I found a homeless guy.”
“Perfect.” Shane said then he dragged the two buckets from across the room and placed one under each hanging wrist. He looked up at Crystal. “You don’t have any cuts or scrapes right?”
“No.” Crystal blankly replied.
“Good. I don’t want any of her blood getting in you system.” Shane said.
“Are we really doing this?” Crystal’s voice trembled.
Shane turned away from her with extreme worry on his face and stared at Mindy. “I don’t know what else to do.”
Mindy’s screams began to weaken and her struggling slowed. “Dean.” She whimpered softly, almost too soft to hear.
On reflex, Shane stiffened at the sound of Dean’s name. It didn’t matter anymore weather she remembered him or not. Dean was dead, an eliminated issue that Shane was happy about.
Shane shook it off and focused on the task at hand. More than anything, Shane wanted to save Mindy. He pulled a pocket knife from his pants and took in a breath, then began the process of draining her. In the back of his mind, he knew that if that didn’t work, Mindy was as good as dead.
Teaser #2
"My eyes were no longer sunken and hidden behind darkness, they were back to being bright green and even illuminating, but they were evil. My body was pumped back to a healthy state and it was no longer bony and starving, yet it wasn't back to being as built as it usually had been.
A new mark had emerged on my skin. It was the tattoo that belonged to Darcel’s clan, but I didn't earn it by killing him, it invaded me because I turned into something evil. The intricate maze gripped my shoulder as four licks of flame like marks surrounding it crawled onto my chest, one reached across my back, another down my arm, and one made its way up my neck. It was far bigger than the other two marks on my forearm…and it was also evil." -Dean-
I cannot wait for this book to come out and we have some teasers! December feels so far away:(
Teaser #1
Prologue
As the clear liquid cascaded down from the angry roaring sky, Crystal gripped the blood bags against her chest, as if they were an infant being protected against any harm. The glossy black pavement beneath her feet splashed with every footfall as she ran as fast as she could to the entrance of The Space Cavern. Crystal burst through the entrance with tears pouring down her face, her hair, body, and clothes were soaked from the night’s rampage. A blood bag wiggled out of her arms and darted towards the dangerous ground beneath her. Crystal gasped and leaped for the bag, saving it before it crashed into the threatening hardwood surface.
“Crystal!” Shane’s voice faintly echoed throughout the cave.
Crystal tucked the blood bag safely against her chest and clenched it tightly along with the very few others. She looked down at the ground and whimpered at the sight of blood trailing in the direction of her destination. She flew down the stairs and picked up her feet through the cold underground. Her feet crashed against the stone ground, sending echoes throughout the empty space.
Mindy’s screaming broke through the echoes. The cries of excruciating pain gave Crystal chills and an ugly sensation in her gut. Mindy had slayer blood in her...and it was slowly killing her.
Nathan came running out from behind the boulder that concealed the entrance to their hidden home, he noticed Crystal coming and kept it open as she quickly approached.
“How is it going? Is she doing better?” Crystal asked.
“No. I have to get more blood.” Nathan shook his head.
“More?!” Crystal gasped. “But this was all I could find! Humans aren’t out this late.”
“Then what do I do?” asked Nathan. “Crystal!” yelled Shane.
“I gotta go!” Crystal cried out as she
rushed inside.
“But what do I do?” asked Nathan in a
panic.
Crystal turned and ran backwards down
the hall. “I don’t know!” she replied with a shrug of her shoulders, then disappeared into Darcel’s conference room.
Mindy’s body lay stretched across the heavy hard wood conference table. Rope, spackled with blood, was wrapped around her forearm and wrists, down to the sturdy leg of the table. Her legs were also securely strapped to the other end of the table and tightened with every tug Mindy gave as she struggled against the hold. Her entire skin was bubbling as if she were boiling alive and she screamed in agony.
“Kill me now! PLEASE!” Mindy cried out. Tears and blood streamed down her cheek bones and onto the table as she stared at Shane. “Please!”
Shane cocked her a smile, a fake smile, and leaned closer to her. “You’ll be alright. I’m going to make sure of it.” He assured her with a determination that almost was believable.
Buckets of blood sat on the ground below each of Mindy’s wrists. Shane’s shirt was soaked in crimson and his skin was stained with blotches of Mindy’s blood. He stood by Mindy and held her hand tightly as she continued to scream for the pain to stop. Shane looked at the small amount of blood in Crystal’s arms and the panic in his face increased.
“That’s not enough.” Shane said sadly.
“I couldn’t find more. I can go back out and see if I can find a human this time. The clubs closed hours ago, so the town is dead.” Crystal said.
“No, I’ll need your help here. Nathan, Jennifer, and Titus are out searching. One of them has to come back with something.” Shane said.
“How are we going to help her?” Crystal asked.
“I’ve been feeding her human blood so she could heal, but the slayer blood keeps taking over. I’m thinking, we need to drain her completely and then fill her back up with human blood.” Shane continued, “I need to hang her upside down to really get it all out.”
“But-” Crystal protested.
Shane laid his hand on Crystal’s shoulder as a form to ease her. “Don’t worry, I don’t think draining her will kill her.”
“Will it hurt her more?” Crystal asked.
“It will.” Shane said while turning back to Mindy. She was yanking her arms, trying to pull them out of the chains around them.
“If we unchain her, there’s no telling what she’ll do.” Crystal pointed out.
“Any suggestions?” Shane asked.
“We could flip the table over so she’s upside down.” Crystal said.
“Good idea. Ok...let’s do this.” Shane said. He kicked the chairs out of the way and turned the table to face an empty wall. “Ready?” he asked Crystal.
Mindy continued screaming.
Crystal’s eyes began to water again as her close friend suffered. “Yes.” Crystal said while positioning herself on one end of the table, trying not to look directly at Mindy.
The table was about 8 feet long and would have plenty of room to lean against the wall without touching the cave’s high ceiling. Shane and Crystal lifted the end of the table where Mindy’s feet were tied and raised it to a vertical angle. Mindy’s hair cascaded down and pooled on the floor like a mess of silky drapes.
Jennifer came in the room, dragging a man dressed in tattered clothing. “I found a homeless guy.”
“Perfect.” Shane said then he dragged the two buckets from across the room and placed one under each hanging wrist. He looked up at Crystal. “You don’t have any cuts or scrapes right?”
“No.” Crystal blankly replied.
“Good. I don’t want any of her blood getting in you system.” Shane said.
“Are we really doing this?” Crystal’s voice trembled.
Shane turned away from her with extreme worry on his face and stared at Mindy. “I don’t know what else to do.”
Mindy’s screams began to weaken and her struggling slowed. “Dean.” She whimpered softly, almost too soft to hear.
On reflex, Shane stiffened at the sound of Dean’s name. It didn’t matter anymore weather she remembered him or not. Dean was dead, an eliminated issue that Shane was happy about.
Shane shook it off and focused on the task at hand. More than anything, Shane wanted to save Mindy. He pulled a pocket knife from his pants and took in a breath, then began the process of draining her. In the back of his mind, he knew that if that didn’t work, Mindy was as good as dead.
Teaser #2
"My eyes were no longer sunken and hidden behind darkness, they were back to being bright green and even illuminating, but they were evil. My body was pumped back to a healthy state and it was no longer bony and starving, yet it wasn't back to being as built as it usually had been.
A new mark had emerged on my skin. It was the tattoo that belonged to Darcel’s clan, but I didn't earn it by killing him, it invaded me because I turned into something evil. The intricate maze gripped my shoulder as four licks of flame like marks surrounding it crawled onto my chest, one reached across my back, another down my arm, and one made its way up my neck. It was far bigger than the other two marks on my forearm…and it was also evil." -Dean-
November 2, 2013
3.5 stars. The story seemed rushed and there were a lot of typos. After waiting so long for this book, I was expecting more. I still love the characters and all the angst. It says there is going to be an extended version of Defiance released soon. I look forward to reading it.
November 19, 2013
Found it really short. Story ok but too many spelling mistakes. Don't leave the next one so long to come out, couldn't remember the last one too well.
November 11, 2013
I liked the the first two books a lot better, but this one was still good.
December 28, 2013
Wanted to give it four stars because I loved reading it, but I'm irritated with how incredibly short it was and I don't like the new plot twist/character or whatever at the end.
February 24, 2018
Defiance - E.M. Jade
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I didn’t get on with this book as much as the others, I have given a 3.4/4 stars as it’s a good story it was just me not enjoying it as much as the others. There was a lot going on.. rescuing Mindy, Deans transformation, the slayers and everything that each character was going through. I found it a bit too much to try to concentrate on what was really happening.
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Book 37/150 Goodreads Challenge.
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I didn’t get on with this book as much as the others, I have given a 3.4/4 stars as it’s a good story it was just me not enjoying it as much as the others. There was a lot going on.. rescuing Mindy, Deans transformation, the slayers and everything that each character was going through. I found it a bit too much to try to concentrate on what was really happening.
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March 1, 2014
I wanted to love this one as much as I loved the first 2 in this series. I did enjoy the book, but the grammar errors drove me nuts this time. Granted there weren't as many that could ruin the book, but the ones that were there just irked me. Alot.
I will continue on with the series since I love the characters and want to know what is going to happen to them from here on out. If you loved the first 2 in the series, which were amazing, read this one, but be prepared.
I will continue on with the series since I love the characters and want to know what is going to happen to them from here on out. If you loved the first 2 in the series, which were amazing, read this one, but be prepared.
November 3, 2013
I just totally love this book..I love Dean. I have been on his side from the very beginning.. Many great surprises. I even liked Mindy this time around. She worked my nerve in Unattainable. She has redeemed herself. Plenty of action and great characters. This is a great paranormal read. Go grab it and happy reading!
June 29, 2015
I love this series! What can I say? I can't get enough and when you start the series you will see exactly what I mean. Dean and Mindy's story continues and just when you think things can get worse or seems they will get better, they go the complete opposite way. No spoilers just anticipation for the 4th book.
May 10, 2016
What the hell is with all the name changes? Deb Apodaca, Raven, and now E.M. Jade? It's really confusing and it makes it harder to find the books.
November 5, 2013
release date: 10\31
December 1, 2013
Amazing book! I really love the story line. I thought Dean's character was even more incredible. It is so hard to see him suffer. I like that there are other heroes in this book
November 17, 2013
Loved it!!!!
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January 22, 2014Anyone else pissed that the author is trying to sell this book for 3.99 when there is only 155 pages? I liked the book but not this much.
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November 2, 2013*sigh* Dean *sigh*
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November 15, 2013
took a while to get to the big stuff but still amazing. So happy with the ending but really wish violet had died. Oh well, can't wait till the next installment and their new adventure.
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January 17, 2014So not worth the money.. Far too short
February 4, 2014
Terrible, I haven't even managed to finish it. So disappointed with this series, it started out so well.
February 20, 2014
loved the story and the twists...but was way too short! can't wait for the next one to come out!
September 12, 2014
I'm on edge waiting for the next book. I wish it was longer though because I read all three books in two days!
November 23, 2014
The book ends for a start of another sequel. The first book was the best of all three, this ended abruptly and felt it needed a little more romance at the end.
August 6, 2015
Great book
Page turner! Can't wait for the next book! Wish it didn't keep switching between characters like it did this time but still a really good read.
Page turner! Can't wait for the next book! Wish it didn't keep switching between characters like it did this time but still a really good read.
January 2, 2014
Love the ending:)
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