The Shadowed Throne (46 page)

She descended on him, seeming to grow larger with every moment. As she reached out for him, Arenadd's world-weary calm drained away, and his face grew pale with fear. “No . . . not again! Leave me alone!”

The Night God encircled him.
You are mine forever, Arenadd Taranisäii.

Lost in the void, there was no-one to hear his cry.

K. J. Taylor was born in Australia in 1986 and plans to stay alive for as long as possible. She went to Radford College and achieved a bachelor's degree in communications at the University of Canberra before going on to complete a master's in information studies. She currently hopes to pursue a second career as an archivist.

She published her first work,
The Land of Bad Fantasy
, through Scholastic when she was just eighteen, and went on to publish
The Dark Griffin
in
Australia and New Zealand five years later.
The Griffin's Flight
and
The Griffin's War
followed in the same year and were released in America and Canada in 2011.

K. J. Taylor's real first name is Katie, but not many people know what the
J
stands for. She collects movie sound tracks and keeps pet rats and isn't quite as angst-ridden as her books might suggest.

Visit her website at kjtaylor.com.