Wow, you are the plot master! Amazing storyline here! I like everything about it, especially the way it is told. Shay is discovering this new world exactly as we are, and seeing it through the perspective of an overly mature teenage boy is a great POV. I feel bad for him though, it doesn't sound like he is going to find what he is looking for in Palatus. I am also very intrigued by Mira. Strange enough that he morphed forms from a predator to a human boy, but with all those physical abilities, it makes me wonder if that was something that he had before he got changed into a predator (what I am assuming happened, I could be totally wrong) or if it is remaining instincts that his predator nature held. Very interesting, and I am fascinated. Can't wait to read the remaining chapters, I am definitely hooked. Thanks for sharing!