Age:
Middle School
Reading Level: 3.7
Chapter 1
If you had told Luky he would meet a princess, he would have never believed you. If you had told him he would meet a queen, he would have laughed in your face.
Chapter 2
A butterfly fluttered in the wind. Its blue wings reflected the sunlight like the sharp end of a blade. Its frantic movements made it hard to trace, but not impossible.
Not impossible for the best hunter in Terra.
This butterfly was the perfect prey for the young boy who chased it. A flaring red mane, eyes of topaz, whiskers gleaming. Luky wasn’t just a regular boy.
Well, as you may have guessed by now, he wasn’t even a boy. He was more of a...fiery humanoid with red fur and pointy ears.
Some may find him resembling a cat, or kitten. Others, and mostly Luky himself, preferred the term boy-lynx. Lynxes were, of course, much cooler than cats.
People considered Luky cute but feisty. Cuddly but scratchy. He was the eleven-year-old sindur cub who would become a master hunter one day.
Chapter 3
Sindurs were the men-lynx who lived scattered across the world of Terra. Like nomads, they were always on the move.
After losing their homeworld, sindurs traveled far and wide to find a new homeone. In some ways, they were still searching.
Sindurs were silent, sneaky, and incredibly agile. They could be in one place a second and be gone in the shadows the next.
It wasn’t surprising that this butterfly had no idea it was being chased, until fluffy white paws came to cover it.
Luky grinned, showing his sharp and shiny teeth. He had caught his prey—today was a great success!
Hesitating at first, he slowly uncovered the poor insect that wanted to break free. The butterfly beat its frail wings, a little bit stunned by what had just happened to it.
Luky looked at it with one big yellow eye wide open and, after a sigh, he let it go. No butterflies were to die today.
