title: Elfineness
author: Varenko, T.K.
description: Silver Award/Second Place in the Feathered Quill Book Awards 2015 in the Best Science Fiction/Fantasy category.
  
  Back to her own self and kingdom,
  Luella's winning back her name
  Securing her reign and freedom
  With Derek, her re-found flame.
  
  When things are looking up like never
  And happiness is at her door,
  The Elders want her, however,
  Engaged in the impending war.
  
  Can she refuse without facing
  The consequences it may bring?
  Will she be capable of tracing
  The missing links she needs to win?
  
  And this is all on the background
  Of nanobots beyond control
  Destroying down to the ground
  The human race condemned to fall.