Dear Reader,
Please forgive my absence for the past couple of days. I was taking a couple of days off, as I usually do, at the beginning of the month. I will be doing regular updates to this story, however. I hope to hear from my readers and let me know what you think. I know this is different from my werewolf stories, but I hope it is something you will all enjoy. Let me know if you want to see more stories like this. I plan to return to writing my werewolf romance soon.
For my loyal readers, I will also be starting the third book in my trilogy series that some of you keep asking about. It should be at the end of this month or the beginning of next month. I also have another book that I am trying to finish, but this book will be my focus this month. Please be patient with me, as I do tend to get writer's block. My other book might slow down, but I will continue updating regularly if I can't daily.
Sincerely, Author
Raelyn Karson
Azura-I did it! I managed to escape Canada without getting caught. My plan was to visit New York first, but I decided to visit other places first. There were too many places in New York that I wanted to check out and decided it wouldn’t be a bad idea to rent a place for a month.The first place I went to was France. I thought about going to Spain, but there weren’t many places I wanted to visit. Just before leaving France, I felt as if someone was following me. I became a little skittish, thinking that Cyran or Kellan found me.When I reached Germany, I kept getting the same sensation that I was being followed. I prepared myself to be whisked away, but in the week, I spent there, nothing happened. During my visit to Italy, I started thinking it was just my imagination.I tried to keep each place I went to no longer than a week, but I stayed in the United Kingdom for two weeks and China for three weeks. I loved their culture and simple lifestyle. It was also where I planned to return
Azura-“I am not giving you an option any longer. Your vacation ends here.” A hushed tone wedged itself between his words.His nose was now almost pressed against my nose, as he leveled his gaze to meet mine. He didn’t blink or look away. It was like he was trying to get me to submit to him by his eyes. Well, he could try all he wanted, because I refused to give in to him.Meeting his gaze, neither of us spoke. Silence became thick as the seconds dragged on. If neither of us said anything or something didn’t change, it was going to slowly suffocate me. As seconds turned to minutes, I realized that he was steadfast in his determination.I doubted he had any inclination to break before I did. I had thought I could hold out until he broke contact first, but I quickly realized that it wasn’t possible. While my heart was rapidly beating in my chest, mixing a bit of fear and excitement with my blood, his was calm and unrelenting.The only thing for me to do was accept the inevitable. Since
Cyran-“You can’t seriously leave me in here!”The instant we entered the house, I had thrown Azura over my shoulder and took her down to the basement. I wanted to teach her a lesson. Her reaction wasn’t what I expected, but I figured she was just being dramatic.“You should have thought of that before you ran away. I will consider letting you out in the morning.”Stepping away from the bed I sat her on, I moved toward the door and closed it. The room she was currently being detained in was the only room in the basement. I never got around to finishing it. The only thing in the room was a cot and a wool blanket.I figured that I might need to put her down here at some point. Now I was glad I never fixed it up. I didn’t want her to feel like it was okay to be put in the basement. While I didn’t understand it fully, I didn’t like putting her there any more than she wanted to be there.Locking the door, I listened to her pleas as she sobbed on the other side of the door. I didn’t know wh
Azura-I tried not to think about how Cyran kept looking at me. Keeping my head bowed, I ate slowly. I felt a little awkward being around him again. It was like there was something different, but I couldn’t put my finger on it.When I finished eating, I took my dishes to the sink to wash them. I started thinking about the maid and an idea occurred to me. If I took over the housework, I could keep myself busy instead of being idle.“Would it be possible for me to be the one to clean the house? I know you hire someone to do it, but it would give me something to do.” I didn’t glance toward Cyran as I spoke.It took a while for him to answer, so I thought he wasn’t going to. A minute later he joined me at the sink and set his dishes on the counter. Instead of leaving, he turned around and leaned against the counter. I could feel his eyes on me, causing the hair on the back of my neck to tingle.“I will let her know that she can take a break I will have the Gardener start bringing the groc
Azura-It didn’t take two days like Cyran said it would. It took a week, which I was perfectly fine with. It allowed me time to mentally prepare myself.I didn’t have an issue with the treatment that was being suggested. I only had an issue with the one in charge of the treatment. I expressed my worries to Jade without telling her that it was just a bad feeling I had.It wouldn’t have done me any good anyway since they all seemed to trust Arric. Instead, I expressed that I didn’t feel comfortable being around Arric. Jade assured me that he was trustworthy.According to her, Arric and I had been close. In the way that a brother and sister were. Based on what Jade told me, Arric's care for me was enough to rival Cyran's.She told me that my death had affected him as much as it had affected Cyran's. It had nearly broken him to the point of no return. Other than Cyran, he searched for me endlessly, if not more than the others.As she told me of some things that happened between Arric and
Azura-I couldn’t believe it worked. Standing in front of Cyran, wearing clothing that seemed outdated, as if they were from thousands of years ago, I was having a hard time grasping it all. Stepping closer, I studied him. If it weren’t for the clothing and the hairstyle, I would think he was the same Cyran I knew today.Noticing he was looking past me as if he couldn’t see me at all, I turned around. I sucked in a sharp breath when I saw someone that looked exactly like me. She was wearing a long flowing cotton dress, with a brown sash tied around her waist.There was something about her that was different as if her essence was nothing like mine. An air of sadness hung around her, as tears welled in her eyes. Appearance-wise, there wasn’t a single thing about her that was different from me, other than her hair wasn’t cut like mine.I didn’t know what was wrong with her. For some reason, when I glanced behind me at Cyran, who was still standing perfectly still, I knew this was the fir
Azura-“Excuse me?” Cyran’s right brow dropped slightly as he tilted his head to the left a little.“I, uhm…” I thought about what I was going to say but decided to just repeat myself. “I was just wondering how close you were with Arric.”“Not as close as we used to be, but he is my brother and someone I would risk my life for.”Hearing that, I knew I was going to have to tread lightly. If it came down to choosing sides, there is no doubt he would side with his brother over me. After all, I suspected that I was an eyesore to him. He regarded me as nothing more than his replacement mate.“I see.” I mumbled as I lowered my gaze to my hands.“Why do you ask?”“No reason, I was simply curious. I keep hearing things about everyone, but I am struggling to accept certain things.” I shrugged, without lifting my eyes to look at him.“If you are worried about Arric, you shouldn’t be. In fact, he is probably the only other one you can completely trust, aside from me and Kellan. Before I met Azur
Azura-Time seemed to speed up over the next couple of months. After dreaming of Arric, my tension around him eased. I was still cautious, but not nearly as bad as I had been. Every night I dreamt of a memory I had shared with Arric.I had been filled with warmth and love. I felt that part of the reason I had been so on edge around him, was probably some form of guilt. It helped that as time went on, I didn’t feel like Arric was here to harm me.He wasn’t the same as he had been in my memories, but I suspected that it was because he had changed over the years. I wished that my memories consisted of Cyran, but they were all focused on Arric. The only time I could remember anything about Cyran was if I saw it after being hypnotized.The difference between when I was being hypnotized and dreaming, was the point of view. During my dreams, it was from a first-person point of view, where I could feel everything and feel completely connected. Unlike when I was being hypnotized, it was from a