Cheryl Rainfield has posted the first six pages of her upcoming paranormal release Hunted.  Hunted is the story of a telepath living in a world where being a para is illegal.

Excerpt:

Mom’s gaze flicks to the rearview mirror for the thousandth time, like she’s afraid someone’s tailing us. I don’t know how she thinks she can tell in the dark—or with her abilities shut off, leaving her as blind and dull as a Normal.

“There’s no one there,” I say, sharp like broken glass, as if I haven’t been checking every few minutes myself. As if I haven’t been reaching out around us for anything different. Anything off.

The truth is, I think she’s right to be nervous. I can’t feel anyone watching, can’t even sense another Para close by—but they’ve been shadowing us too quickly lately, like they’ve found a way to zero in on my talent. But only another Para could do that, and I haven’t sensed the metallic bitterness that comes from the Government Paras—the Para-slaves.

Just before we ran, I got the sense that I knew one of the trackers—or that they knew me. That’s never happened before. It’s too big to think about—one of our own, hunting us. Betraying us, without being forced to.

I glance at Mom. She’s clenching the steering wheel so tightly it looks like she might wrench it off its hinges. [MORE]

This is Rainfield’s fourth novel.  Her other titles include The Last Dragon, Skin Walkers, and Scars, an edgy, realistic, and hopeful novel about a teen survivor of sexual abuse who uses self-harm to cope. While Scars was listed as an ALA 2011 Top 10 quick pick for reluctant readers it is also a frequently challenged book due to the content.

What do think of Hunted? Is it something you want to read or are you over paranormal books?