15,000 word short story prequel to WANING MOON, Book One in The Chronicles of Lily Carmichael, a YA Dystopian In this short story prequel to Waning Moon, Lily’s thirteen-year-old brother Zephron deals with the emotional turmoil of living with the genetically-induced ability to take life with just a touch. In this first person account of Zeph’s struggles with being an adolescent with such a destructive and powerful “gift,” Zeph must face his lack of control and discover whether he has a place in his world, or if he’s better off leaving his family behind in order to protect them. If you had this terrible “gift” what would you do?