The Gathering

Book Excerpt: I felt something tight around my neck. I reached up and felt it with my hand. It was a thick leather collar with metal loops of some sort. "What...?" I started to ask. I immediately felt a jolt and stinging sensation to my neck. I gasped. If I were standing, I'm sure it would have knocked me to my knees. I didn't try to speak again.
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Tara is held captive by people she knows are going to kill her. It's only a matter of time before her death sentence is carried out. Will Tara escape from her captors? or will they end her life?