The year Solange turned eighteen, she was Sequenced as a Healer. Her life turned upside down. She was forced to leave her hometown and her family of Thirds to move to the capital of Tiarny. Now, she's a First, the highest class in Tiarny, and is accorded both respect and status. Except, eight years after her Sequencing, her job as a Healer is the most important thing in her life. One night, she meets Rafael. An enigmatic man, he introduces her to a side of life she had never known existed. Things seem to be perfect between them, except, it turns out that Rafael has a secret. A big one. Soon, it threatens to destroy everything Solange has built. What will she do when the Royal Protectors come for her? The Runaway Healer is a ya dystopian romance novella that takes place in the world of Tiarny. It can be read before or after The Sequencing Chronicles.