Zeta Vortex: Queens

by LA Knight

It started with a slap and ended in all-out war. Now, the chess game of battle begins, and the queens of Pillar High School are not about to lose to a nobody like Alyssa Carde... even if she is not everything she seems.

1. War 0 Alyssa

War.

I'd never thought about it. I'd never considered joining the military, or given much thought to things like the war on terrorism. Most of the books I read were general YA fiction, so they didn't really talk about fighting. It wasn't a part of my life. When the 9/11 attacks happened, my parents just turned off the television. No one in my family mentioned the Iraq war. I'd learned about other wars - Vietnam, Korea, the Civil and Revolutionary Wars - but only in history class.

Then we moved and I landed in the middle of a battlefield.

On one side: the witches. On the other side: even more witches. And caught smack in the middle: the humans.

And of course, me and Jack.