Backfire: Sydney's Awakening Book 1

Copyright 2023 T.L Hodel FIRST EDITION All rights reserved. If you are not reading this book via a licensed copy sold by Amazon, you have a pirated version. This book should not be copied, duplicated, or stored on any retrieval systems except for brief excerpts quoted in book reviews. Thank you for supporting indie authors by buying books or reading subscriptions through legitimate channels. Cover Design by Dazed Designs dazed-designs.com Edited by Kaye Kemp Book Polishing This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual events, lo CONTENTS Author Note Warnings Words and Phrases Name Pronunciation Forward Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Epilogue Afterword About the Author AUTHOR NOTE While this is a PNR, dystopian world things will come across as very contemporary. Sydney doesn’t know about anything like magic or cults, the world to her is as normal as it is to us. The PNR aspect of this world is a slow build and will be much more prevalent in future books. WARNINGS This is a dark romance and is intended for a mature audience. Reader discretion advised. This book contains but is not limited to, violence, profanity, references to abuse, references to mental illness, nonconsensual and dubious consensual sexual scenes. WORDS AND PHRASES Appreozo -Spell to make something invisible Ass Over Tea Kettle - To flip over backward in a somersault fashion Aye or Ya - Yes Canne -Long wooden weapon that resembles a thick stick. Can have metal or carvings along the wood. Cannie - Cannot Da - Dad or Father Daft -To be slow to understand Dat - That Den - Then Dem -Them Dere -There Dey - They Din’t - Don’t Dinnie - Don’t or Doesn’t Dis -This District -City within a Faction Donkey - To act in a senseless manner Faction - The divisions created across the world that are controlled by those with magic Feck -Slang for Fuck Fir -For Flitter - Person without magic I’ma - I am I’za or I’z -I am Levetatio -Spell to make someone float Ma - Mom, Mum or Mother Naw -No Pairing Ritual -Where the number one and two males in triad are chosen by the spirits of ancestors long passed. Petrobile -Spell to freeze someone in place for a short time Samhach -Spell to make someone mute for short time Shouldna -Should not Ta -The or Thee or To Triad - Three people of magic coming together in union to create a power structure to support the needs of a Faction Whaddya - What do you Whatta -What are Wit -With Ya - Yes or You Yer - You are Go dtuga na spioraid rochtain agus cosaint do magus mé ag taisteal ina réimeas - May the spirits grant access and protect me as I travel in their realm Lig do na spioraid mé a threorú agus na cinntí a dhéanaim a chumhachtú - Let the spirits guide me and empower the decisions I make Coinnigh mo lámh agus lig dom taisteal abhaile le scian I mo lámh agus faic I mo dhroim. Is é seo a iarraim - Hold my hand and let me travel home with a knife in my hand and nothing in my back. This is what I ask. Demon a beheith imithe - Demon be gone Éiríonn triúr ar cheann -Three becomes one NAME PRONUNCIATION Alexander Kelly: Al-ex-an-d-er – Son of Norris (Deceased) Kelly – Brother to Olivia Kelly Ashlin McKinnon: Ash-lin – Daughter of Wallace McKinnon – Sister of Owen McKinnon Angus Adair: An-guss – Head of the Adair Family - Father of Rook, Devlin, Magnus and Wyatt Adair – Brother to Gregory Adair Avril McKinnon: Ah-v-ril – Daughter of Kingsley McKinnon – Sister to Falcon and Rylan McKinnon Barry: Bar-ee – Red Squirrel Belle Adair: B-ell - Daughter of Gregory Adair – Sister to Mari Adair Blaine McGregor: Bl-ay-ne - Son of Rayland McGregor – Brother to Ronan and Riegan McGregor Caleb McCabe: Kay-lub – Son of Sullivan McCabe – Brother to Leon McCabe Camryn McKinnon: Cam-ryn – Son of Keith McKinnon – Brother to Kayayn McKinnon Charmine Ricci: Sh-ar-main – Mother of Sydney Ricci Cora: Cor-a – No Last Name – History Unknown Crispin Kelly: Krisp-in – Son of Nigel Kelly Devlin Adair: Dev-lyn - Son of Angus Adair Elewyen: Ell-ew-wen – No Last Name – History Unknown in Book 1 Fabian Kelly: Fay-b-in – Son of Nigel Kelly – Twin brother to Flynn Kelly and brother to Crispin Kelly Falcon McKinnon: Fal-con – Son of Wallace McKinnon – Brother of Rylan and Avril McKinnon Fiona McGregor: Fee-o-na – Daughter of Rian McGregor – Sister of Rhys McGregor Flynn Kelly: F-lynn – Son of Nigel Kelly – Twin brother to Fabian Kelly and brother to Crispin Kelly Gregory Adair: Greg-or-ee – Father to Mari and Belle Adair – Brother to Angus Adair Haylee: Hay-lee – No Last Name – History Unknown Kayayn McKinnon: Kay-anne – Daughter of Keith McKinnon – Sister of Camryn McKinnon Keeva: Kee-va – No Last Name - Non Blooded Sister to Elewyen – History Unknown Keith McKinnon: Kee-th – Father of Kayayn McKinnon – Brother of Kingsley McKinnon Kingsley McKinnon: King-s-lay – Head of the Mckinnon Family – Father to Falcon and Kayla McKinnon – Brother to Wallace McKinnon Leon McCabe: Lee-on - Son of Sullivan McCabe – Brother to Caleb McCabe Lochlin Kelly: Lock-lyn – Son of Niall Kelly – Brother of Reese Kelly Magnus Adair: Mag-nus – Son of Angus Adair – Brother to Rook, Devlin and Wyatt Mari McGregor: Ma-ree – Daughter of Gregory Adair – Sister to Belle Adair Niall Kelly: Nee-all – Father of Lochlin and Reese Kelly – Brother to Nigel and Norris (Deceased)