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Meet Kristy Kay I’m Kristy Kay, indie fantasy author, worldbuilder, lifelong dreamer, and creator of The Guardians Series. I write emotionally charged fantasy filled with ancient
RElease DAy Announcement!!
The Guardians: The Awakening will officially release on June 27, 2026 This date is especially meaningful to me because it is my grandmother’s birthday. She has always been a
Book Two Announcement
We are coming swiftly up on the date for the second books release. The second books, The Rising will be available on September 7th! I know that is super quick, but I have been work
Shadows danced in the corner of her eyes as Nova McBride crouched down behind the rusted dumpster at the end of a rain-soaked alley between two long forgotten store fronts. She hunkered down into her jacket when the wind came barreling down the alley, breaking through her small amount of protection. She didn’t want to think about what might be under her booted feet. She breathed through her mouth and tried to ignore the smell from the dumpster. She had been waiting for about ten minutes when two rough-looking men strolled into the alley and headed towards her hiding place. About halfway down the alley they stopped, looked all around to make sure they were alone, then knocked on a side door. A flap opened on the door and Nova rolled her eyes. So, cliché.
“What do you want?” growled a voice from the depth of the store.
“We heard you make the best mince meat pies in the area. We want three.” Nova’s eyes narrowed and she held back a scoff. Like these guys even knew what a true mincemeat pie looked like, let alone taste like. She watched the door open, and the two men stepped inside. She heard the faint sound of barking dogs before the door slammed shut again and knew she was in the right place.
She pulled her phone out and tapped in her position. It would alert the team to move to this location and set up. She heard movement above her and glanced up to see two of her team crouch down on the roof. Another slipped to the corner of the building, checked both directions, then gave the all-clear with a soft pigeon coo. Nova stepped out from behind the dumpster, walked halfway up the alley before turning back. She took a running start, leaping onto the dumpster as a springboard, hitting the side of the building and using it as a final push to the roof, crouching beside her team.
“Showoff.” She grinned over at Chris who was one of the best tech guys in the business. He could break into anything, getting them in wherever they needed to go while finding the information they needed to bring these people down.
Nova looked over at Raven who grinned and gave her a thumbs up. Raven would keep an eye on the perimeter and alert them to anyone coming or she would manage them herself. It really was a toss-up with that one.
Lastly Nova turned to her right-hand man, the one who would go in with her and make sure the dogs and cats, she knew to be inside, would make it out alive. David didn’t care if the men did, but he would make sure each innocent soul in that building would be saved from the nightmare they were living right now.
“What’s the plan David?” He rolled his eyes then pulled out his notebook. The notebook spelled out everything they needed for this mission.
“There should only be five men inside according to thermals. The two that just went in, the door guy, the bossman and one other. Chris has already turned off the alarms and started a loop of security cameras, though they only had two the lazy fuckers. Raven patched gas to the pipes which should be doing its job as we speak. Max has the truck waiting behind the building at the loading docks. Should be a quick in and out with no loss of life on any side. Unless the fuckers wake up too soon and want to dance.” He handed Nova a mask then moved to the edge of the roof. He looked over at Raven who gave the all clear then he dropped straight down.
“And you call me a showoff.” Nova said.
“You are much showier than him. More pizazz in your steps.” Chris grinned up at her from his crouched position packing up his laptop. Nova shook her head at his ridiculousness then put her mask on before slipping over the edge of the roof behind David. They covered the alley while Chris made his way off the roof carefully and started to work on the door. It took him less than 20 seconds to have the door unlocked and ready to go. Nova waited for David and Chris to put their own masks on, then opened the door and slipped inside. Their surveillance had shown they would enter the door into a small storage area that was completely empty. They would need to exit into a short hallway. One way would lead to the main store area that used to be a bakery, the other would lead to an exit door. Right in front of the exit door were two doors on either side of the hallway. One was the door to the office, which was Chris’s goal. The other door led downstairs to the basement which was David and Nova’s goal. Nova led the way to the office, opening that door quickly and stepping inside to make sure it was empty. Chris came through and sat down at the desk to start doing what he did: gathering financials, correspondence, etc. Anything they could use to bust these guys and hopefully put them behind bars.
Once they knew Chris was clear to do what he did best, it was time for Nova and David to make their way to the basement. They moved across the hallway to the door leading downstairs, Nova paused and looked over at David.
“Ready?”
“Yeah, let’s go see what these fuckers have been up to.” Nova shook her head. David always called the guys they went after fuckers. Not that Nova disagreed but she left that language to David. She had been raised to be a dainty Texas belle after all. She opened the door slowly and made her way down the concrete steps, listening for any kind of movement. The gas would have put any animal to sleep as well as the humans. It made it easier to hear if anything was moving, as well as making it less stressful on the animals if fighting did break out. They took a nice nap and woke up in a different place. A place that was safer, cleaner, and full of people who would care for them and love them.
They moved unheeded down the stairs and didn’t hear any movement. They turned the corner into the basement and David growled when he saw the fenced in circle and the rows of cages. Nova made her way over to the pile of bodies about five feet inside the large underground room, first making sure they were breathing before tying them up and gagging them. Once she was done, she gave a swift kick to each of the men’s crotches before heading towards the cages. David chuckled behind her before bending down and punching each man in the face.
“There. They will feel that in the morning for sure.” Nova shook her head and grinned back at David before taking her phone out of her pocket.
“All clear down here Max. We have what looks like 20 dogs and maybe 10 cats. The cats are all in small kennels in the back closest to the door. We can bring them straight up in those kennels, nice donation to the rescue. Dogs are in cages so we will need to transfer them to the truck’s kennels for transport.” She spoke quickly as soon as Max answered.
