Myopia (Young Adult Zombie Paranormal Romance) (Wisteria Series)

Myopia

(A Wisteria Novel)

By

Bisi Leyton

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

By Bisi Leyton

Copyright© 2012
Bisi Leyton

Cover Art by Olivia Smith, http://aivilo0.deviantart.com/

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DEDICATION

I cannot imagine a world without you.

You give me counsel and advice

While your heart is large and kind,

And your joyful excitement about me just makes me happy.

You’ve never grown tired of my late night calls and insecurities

And you are all always super excited to see and hear from me.

I thank God for brothers like you.

I dedicate this to you.

ALSO BY BISI LEYTON

Wisteria (Wisteria Series #1)

Myopia (Wisteria Series #2)

Paranoia (Wisteria Short Story #2.5)

Aporia (Wisteria Series #3) – Coming Soon

GLOSSARY OF TERM
S

Biel Core:
A black orb used by the Family, to generate power and heat.

Biter:
A human infected with Nero’s Disease. Biters are extremely violent and only eat the flesh of healthy humans
,
also called the infected, fleshers, and flesh eaters
.

Bean Vine
: The wisteria plant, also called
Strangle Weed
by the Family.

Beacon:
A detached faycard that is placed and embeds in a person, mainly Family, and can be used by the embedded to track or trace them across realms.

Blue light
: See Pulse.

Bridewell:
The prisons underneath Jarthan castle.

Burnfruit:
A brown fruit indigenous to the Family’s realm.

Cohort:
Small unit of the Family, traveling together.

The Cure
: Euphemism for killing an infected biter.

D’cara:
An insult in the Dialect.

Dark Glass
: Substance thresholds that are made of Earth.

Darkroot
: A spray or mist that forces Famila to regenerate.

Den:
Houses or accommodations used by the Family while on Earth.

The Dialect:
The language spoken by the Family.

Draug:
Famila infected with a condition that makes them violent and cannibalistic.

Elders: See Seven Elders.

Eminent
: Title given to the Famila by the Thayns.

Empiric:
A Famila trained to conduct special investigations.

Famila:
A member of the Family’s race.

Far Eye:
Artifact used to communicate by the Family.

Faycard:
Device used by the Family to renew humans. It looks like a playing card. The faycard was a powerful focal point of the energy used by one of the Famila, also can be used for playing simple tricks on children and Terrans.

Flesh Eaters:
Another term for biter.

Flesher:
Another term for biter.

Great Walk
: The rite of passage every male in the Family must go through. It lasts 1,000 days.

Haro Caste
: The lowest caste in the Family. They work with the Thayns.

The High Street:
The main business street of a town and the British version of Main Street.

Ilac Caste:
The second highest caste of the Family and includes sentinels, empirics and the Lords.

Ino Caste
: The highest caste of the Family and made up of the leaders.

Intended
: The person to whom another Famila has been pledged.

Jade Ocean
: A green ocean near the Family’s home.

Jaga:
A racial slur used by some Famila to insult humans. It is even more offensive than the term
Terran
.

Journeying:
To travel between realms via the thresholds.

Lead empiric
: One of the five chief empirics in the Family.

Leviathan:
A giant sea dragon that lives in the Jade Ocean.

Liege
: The master /mistress of a Thayn. The Famila who renewed a Thayn and to whom the Thayn is loyal.

Matula
: Famila insult.

Mongrel:
A derogatory term for a person who is part Famila and part human.

Mordin:
The third highest caste of the Family.

Mosroc
: A
deep
emotional and mental bond between two people in the Family.

Nero Disease:
A sickness that causes humans to turn into biters, also called Nero plague, the madness, Nero illness.

Obsidian Coral
: Red coral used by the Family that enables them to journey through thresholds without dying, as thresholds are very dangerous and will rip any traveler apart.

Obsidian Crystal
: Synthetic obsidian coral, deadly if used to travel through thresholds.

Pillar
: A clan within the Family. There are seven Pillars in the Family. Each Pillar has four castes.

Piron Net
: An artifact used by the Family to conceal their dens on Earth from humans.

Pit:
A mini bunker that holds one or two people.

Pledge:
A long term betrothal or engagement between Famila.

Pulse
: A blue light that emanates for the Family. The blue light has many uses including: converting of humans to Thayns, healing the injured Family, healing humans.

Prime
: The first child and heir of a Sen.

Qwaynide
: An insult in the Family Dialect.

Regeneration
: A period of long rest during which Famila heal themselves.

Renewal
: The process of turning humans to Thayns.

Rhodium
: A white precious metal of great value to the Family.

Sandwine
: A strong beverage.

Sen
: A chief and head of a Family Pillar.

Sen-Dra:
The spouse of a Sen.

Sen-Filla
: The daughter of a Sen.

Sen-Son
: The son of a Sen.

The Seven Elders
: The heads of the seven Pillars of the Family also referred to as the
Seven or Elders.

Shana
(singular and plural): Tattoo-like dots on some Famila.

Sixth Form:
Equivalent to American 11
^th
and 12
^th
Grades. It is the combination of Year 11 and Year 12.

Sleepwalker
: What other humans call Thayns.

Strangle weeds
: What the Family calls Bean Vine.

Terra
: The Famila word for Earth.

Terran
: What the Family calls humans. It means Dirt people.

Thayn
: A human who has been turned into a devoted follower of the Family by being renewed, also called
Sleepwalkers.

Threshold
: A Gateway used by the family to travel between realms.

Vappa:
Means jerk or ass in the Family’s Dialect.

Year Twelve
: English equivalent to the American 11
^th
Grade.