PROLOGUE

Life as a hero isn't always easy; it can be fun and even rewarding, but in the case of the young Juniper Lee, the words "hero and fun" had meshed together to for, a whole new word...terror.

Terror is the word that has finally stamped inside June's mind. It was a memory she renounced as a curse really. She remembered it all. Her true horror was her hearing the shrieking, piercing screams, and that soft, deep voice. Just thinking about made her even more tense. This once proud, happy teen was now a forlorn being hiding from the world she once treasured.

This was the life of Juniper Lee - no more.

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After sometime ago, the shield that once protected her was destroyed, allowing her to roam free. She would have been so happy to travel outside her city, but not no longer. How was something she will never know, maybe it wasn't her place too know how the shield that kept her from leaving no longer barred her. She was unsure if she was the legendary Te Xuan Ze or some ordinary girl.

The only person who was always by her side through out everything that happened was Monroe, her pug. He has done everything for her, June would never leave his sight. She would protect him like he had protected her; she held him on her lap as they passed a row of trees, leaving the past behind.