A Chosen Life (29 page)

About the Author

K.A. Parkinson was raised in a small suburb where she spent most of her time hiding under her bed with a book, a bag of cookies, and a flashlight. She currently resides in Utah with her husband and two children. If you would like to learn more about K.A., and the world of the Hidden, please visit
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Character Index

F
ollowers of Light (By order of appearance)

McLacy (Macy) Allicandra Burdow
—Chosen (human)

Parents: Max and Alli Burdow

Forrest Bastian
—Watcher

Tolen (Parks) Téloran
—The Ninth Chosen (Hidden kind)

Parents: Daedal Téloran (Protector) Areen Téloran (Sphere)

Dane Smithy
—Doogar

Father: Hank Smithy—Doogar

Hander
—Doogar

Kiad
—Doogar Warrior

Deegan
—Doogar Warrior

Elryn
—Doogar Warrior

Incrah
—Radia Warrior Captain

Jeno
—Radia Warrior

Kapha
—Radia Warrior

Rada
—Radia Warrior

Denhon
—Radia Warrior

Sernad
—Radia Warrior

Beyn
—Radia Warrior

Jonas
—Sphere and shield to the Unastra training camp

Lafar
—Light elves

S
ervants of the Dark (By order of appearance):

Shadow Wraiths
—Thick, black, oily, mist-like creatures who hide in storm clouds

Raksasha
—Blood trackers. Main purpose is to track and kill the Chosen

Night Demons
—Blood drinking demons who pull themselves up from the ground to feed on the death of the battlefield. Their decaying flesh is covered with maggots and bloody scabs. They are bald, have no eyes, or legs. Night Demons are one of the most grotesque creatures born of darkness

D
ivinators (crows)
—Their eyes have been replaced by Oracle stones. Whatever they see, their masters see

Reconn
—Chameleon type creatures used mostly as scouts

Phantoms
—These mist-like creatures are placed within the dead or dying to reanimate and control them

Ookra
—Demon servants

DéHool
—Giant demonic wolves. Their sole purpose is to hunt and destroy Watchers

Darsapean
—Lord of the Dark, currently imprisoned in Misery

Daemon
—Demon Master and High Captain of the Dark

Daklafar
—Once Lafar-Light Elves, but now serve the Dark

Tormentors
—Tall women with gray skin, lifeless black eyes, and floor length orange hair. Their screams cause unbearable pain. The dark uses them to extract information from their prisoners

Kreydawn
—Mindless creatures controlled by Suppressors

Suppressors
—Single-eyed creatures with the Dreamer ability, they control the services of the Kreydawn

C
hosen Groups/Abilities:

Honitahai
—Nature speakers: have the ability to speak with all plant life and ask for aid

Kunamin
—Fire wielders: can create, manipulate, throw, and snuff fire with their hands

Télora
—Earth Movers: can ask the dirt to do their bidding

Arwah
—Wind Shifters: can use the power of wind to aid them

Dicernan
—Unseens: can become invisible

Leenwa
—Water Callers: can call water from anywhere and ask it to help

Animashta
—Listeners: they understand animal’s thoughts and communicate with them. They can project their own thoughts and desires into the animal’s minds, as if they are sharing thought. It enables them to work together as a flawless team—so long as the animal is listening and willing. The animal always has a choice—it is not forced the way the DéHool are

Lóklana
—Radiance: they can call light in darkness from within the life that stores it

Hidden Language Dictionary:

Ladonradi
—The Light

Degani
—The Dark

Liosladon
—May the Light lead and protect you wherever you may go

Ladon
—Light. Light come forth is Radi

To
’—The

Y’na
—I am

Hai
—Here

Mindra
—Chosen

Vast
—Fight

Pench Ni’y
ã
àlo
—Be still

Lon’adras
—Heal

Dón
—For

Y’ takra
—Take me

Da’bay
—Friend

Ke’ay
—Help

Mea
—Me

Chan’ta
—Please

Mah’ne
—Journey

I’kashti
—Summon

Walkarna
—Servants come

Minradak-con-siadras
—This ground is sacred and protected. The words spoken to bless the earth and make it burial ground, protecting those buried from the Night Demons

To’conchla serith hune doocrah
—The Ninth shall lead them.

C
hosen Terms:

Mi’no ha
—Life to fire

Vin’akra
—Life to wind

Ma’sha
—Hear me animal

Win’tashta
—Water hear my call

Tin’ruhl
—Earth hear my call

Radi’non
—Light come forth

Los’lon
—Nature hear me

Vel’don
—Veil me within

To’Conchla
—The Ninth

Mindra
—Chosen

W
ords said to increase the body’s natural abilities.
Each word when said with intent has the power to speak to the life force and ask it to enhance that body part:

Konsh’la
—Makes your hearing stronger. “The ears”

Inreedo
—Makes your eyesight stronger. “The eyes”

Mig’nata
—Increases strength. “The body”

To
’—The

Lon’adras
—heal, repair, return