[Parahuman 01] • Parahuman

Laney’s life irrevocably changes the day she meets Devan. He’s the new guy in town, the new kid in school, and is applying at her dad’s Wilderness business. She doesn’t know what it is about Devan; he’s extraordinarily tall, has weirdly colored hair, wears sunglasses everywhere, and he is way too serious and literal. She’s pretty sure that he wouldn’t know what a joke was if it came up and bit him in the butt.

Despite Devan’s irregular looks and curious behavior, or maybe because of them, Laney finds herself very much drawn to Devan. She’s not put off by his grave exterior; in fact, she finds it rather endearing and beneath it hides a gentle and humorous soul. However, it doesn’t take her long to realize that he isn’t your average, everyday seventeen year old boy, and she doesn’t come to that conclusion just because he ends up saving her life a few times.

Devan’s entire life has revolved around making rational and logical choices; that is until he meets Laney. She ignites a mixture of powerfully intense emotions in him, emotions he’s unfamiliar with. She doesn’t just work her way slowly past Devan’s walls of reason and logic, she smashes them to smithereens. However, Devan has secrets, dark and dangerous secrets, and he is being hunted which could put him and anyone in contact with him in danger, so he tries to keep his distance.

Danger stalks Devan and Laney thrusting them together in a perilous situation, and in the process of eliminating the threat certain abilities that Devan have kept hidden are revealed. He is shocked when Laney helps him; not only that, she promises to keep his secrets.

However, it becomes apparent that the danger isn’t over and that those hunting for Devan are coming closer to finding him. The only way to keep Laney safe is for Devan to leave, but before he can do that he finds out that Laney has a threat of her own, and he won’t leave until she is safe.