Across The Vanishing Sky – Catherine Cowles (1)

Into the Fading Twilight Sneak Peek Nova and Kol’s Story Fragile Sanctuary Sneak Peek All the Missing Pieces Sneak Peek Acknowledgments About Catherine Cowles Also Available From Catherine Cowles Stay Connected 1kitap1.com/en Copyright © 2024 by The PageSmith LLC. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2025 by Catherine Cowles. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Editor: Margo Lipschultz, Kelli Collins, Lily Pad Lit Copy Editor: Chelle Olson Proofreading: Julie Deaton and Jaime Ryter Paperback Formatting: Stacey Blake, Champagne Book Designs Cover Design: TRC Designs Couple Cover Photography: Wander Aguiar 1kitap1.com/en For all those looking for belonging, for a true home.

Never give up hope. You might just find it in the unlikeliest of places. 1kitap1.com/en PROLOGUE BRAEDYN ONE YEAR EARLIER “If I get poison ivy on my hoo-ha, my revenge will be vast, Braedyn Winslow,” Nova threatened as we rounded a curve in the trail with an especially thick patch of underbrush. “I’m talking putting your hand in warm water while you’re sleeping, Sharpie-ing something distinctly inappropriate on your face, and possibly dyeing your hair purple.

Peeing in the woods is not for me.” I couldn’t help the soft laugh that escaped as I turned around to take stock of my best friend, who’d just returned to the trail from a mid-trek bathroom break. She’d committed to the hiking bit, seeking out secondhand finds at Goodwill that made her look like she conquered dozens of miles in the backcountry every weekend.

Her dark hair was pulled into an artful knot atop her head, and her gray eyes had that tinge of silver that only came when her emotions were heightened. Right now, I couldn’t decide if Nova was more annoyed or amused. It only made my smile widen. Nova stopped mid-trail and pointed her colorful water bottle at me—the one she’d decorated with stickers that would’ve painted a picture of who she was to a stranger: A girl with her hands in a meditative prayer position in front of her chest with the words Namaste in bed scrawled below.

A little chicken nugget with sunglasses that said Nugs not drugs. A pink cooler that read Don’t hate me because I’m a little bit cooler. There were also more typical ones: one for both the yoga studio and coffeehouse she worked at in Oakland, a shooting star, a holographic butterfly…

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