{"product_id":"in-the-forests-of-the-night-isbn-9780440228165","title":"In the Forests of the Night","description":"By day, Risika sleeps in a shaded room in Concord, Massachusetts. By night, she hunts the streets of New York City. She is used to being alone. But someone is following Risika. He has left her a black rose, the same sort of rose that sealed her fate 300 years ago. Three hundred years ago she was human. Now she is a vampire, a powerful one, and her past has come back to torment her.Amelia Atwater-Rhodes wrote her first novel when she was 13 years old. You can visit her online at www.ameliaatwaterrhodes.com. She lives in Massachusetts.A minute or an hour later, I woke for a moment in a dark place. There was no light and no sound, only pain and the thick, warm liquid that was being forced past my lips.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI swallowed again and again before my head cleared. The liquid was bittersweet, and as I drank I had an impression of power and . . . not life or death, but time. And strength and eternity . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally I realized what I had been drinking. I pushed away the wrist that someone was holding to my lips, but I was weak, and it was so tempting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTemptation.\u003c\/i\u003e\" The voice was in my ears and my head, and I recognized it as Ather's.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce again I pushed away the wrist, though my body screamed at me for doing so. Ather was insistent, but so was I. I somehow managed to turn my head away, despite the pain that shot through me with each beat of my heart. I could hear my own pulse in my ears, and it quickened until I could hardly breathe past it, but still I pushed away the blood. I believed for that second, in my immortal soul, and would not abandon it -- not willingly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly Ather was gone. I was alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI could feel the blood in my veins, entering my body, soul, and mind. I could not get my breath; my head pounded and my heart raced. Then they both slowed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI heard my own heart stop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI felt my breath still.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy vision faded, and the blackness filled my mind.","brand":"Laurel Leaf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302166024421,"sku":"NP9780440228165","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780440228165.jpg?v=1767729967","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/in-the-forests-of-the-night-isbn-9780440228165","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}