To Be Forever Yours, Cassandra Morris [best books to read in life TXT] 📗

Chapter 1
An inhumanely beautiful voice. A killer

. I could sense the tension in the room. I could feel every move he made. With every breathe he took, with every step, my body tensed. Waiting.

Soon everything I had known would disappear, soon I would disappear.

“Summer, my Summer…” His voice echoed softly in my head.

My heart pounded slowly as I took a step back. His eyes were illuminated in the darkness. The moon shone brightly in the night and the capture of his image nearly made my heart stop. The waves crashed up against the shoreline.

“Summer my love, where are you?” I shuddered.

I heard him chuckle quietly to himself. A cold chill ran down my back as he continued towards me. I could faintly hear the crunch of sand beneath his feet. The smell of fresh raspberries lingered in the air. Wafts of smoke floated far off in the distance. I could feel my throat closing in on a scream as he came closer.

He reached out for me and I coiled backwards into the darkness. The underbrush scratched at my legs, trying to hold me in place as he advanced forward. Tears flowed copiously down my face as he stood inches away. I wish he would just let me be. I wish that I had never met him. Ever since we met, my life had bombarded into ruins.

“You really shouldn’t have tried to escape me the first time, you know.” He laughed and grabbed my chin so I was looking back up at him. “Tell me my dear, did you really think you could escape me?” His blue eyes flashed; turning more of a darker sapphire color in the darkness. I looked away, not letting him see how really afraid of him I was.

He placed both hands on either side of me then, barring me from any chance of escape. I had no idea why he even bothered when we both knew that I didn’t even stand a chance up against him. He was from a world where pretty much anything was possible. I was human whereas he wasn’t. He was an immortal; he was a faerie. The only connection we had was a commonality in the supernatural. I was a psychic.

I hadn’t always been a psychotic kind of freak; I had just naturally grown into it as time went on. I guess you’d just call it luck. Or a curse in other terms. I laughed bitterly at the thought of it. Just by a single touch I could see a whole person’s lifeline and thoughts. I could even feel they’re emotions.

“Summer…” His face grew serious then and memories came flooding back to me as he stroked my face. My heartbeat increased and my eyes fluttered shut as my whole body grew warm. I grabbed his hand in order to pull it away, but it just increased the feelings of heavenly sensations rolling through me. I hated it how he used my gift against me.

“Stop it. Now…” I breathed. He ignored my command as he came closer to me. His breathe mingled with mine as we both stared into each other’s eyes. He smelled like sweet honeysuckles; better than anything I had ever imagined.

“Now tell me, Summer, why did you run away?” I struggled as I tried unsuccessfully to clear my mind. “Why would you leave me like that? Hmmm?” He laughed quietly to himself as I stared at him blankly. He traced the back of my spine as I tried once more to push him away. I could feel his anger starting to rise, but it quickly vanished. His mood swings were the least of my worries at the moment, though.

I had been foolish back then to ever even consider having a personal relationship with an otherworldly creature and here I was again; being stalked by the one creature I shouldn’t even know.

He laughed hysterically then; changing into a completely different person.

“You act as if I’m coming to murder you, Summer. Must you always make me out to be the bad guy?” Did I mention that all faeries can read minds-just great considering we have a perfect relationship now as it is. He let go of me then and stared at me; clearly entertained by the thought.

“You’re more dangerous than you look...” My face was burning by now and he seemed to be enjoying my humiliation. I turned away so that I didn’t have to deal with his face. Talking to him was work enough.

“You’re so absurd. Come on, I’ll take you back to my place and we can sort all of this out tomorrow.” I stayed right where I was, knowing this was his polite way of saying you’re coming with me, like it or not.

He was utterly impossible at times. I always welcomed a challenge though, and as I watched him he started to glare.

“Don’t make me drag you there.” I could hear the menace and laughter in his voice as he threatened me. There was no way I was going to give him the satisfaction of giving in. I started to smile as I felt his thoughts swirling angrily about. We both knew how stubborn each one of us could be, but that didn’t stop us from doing anything we could to piss each other off.

“I swear you’re such a child!” He threw his hands up in exasperation, clearly starting to get annoyed.

“And I suppose you aren’t, throwing fits every time you don’t get your way.” I rolled my eyes as his anger flared. His image began to blaze a deep hue of black then, and gusts of wind began to push against me from his direction.

He was one of the deadliest creatures that existed and I knew that if I had been anyone else he would have ripped out my throat by now and thrown me off a cliff. Shivers crawled up my spine as I thought about it. He was staring at me with a permanent frown upon his face.

“You. Don’t. Know. Me. You think that just because I love you that you can get away with everything. You think that just because I’ve saved you from them that you can just slap things in my face without expecting to get slapped back. Nothing changes the fact that I can destroy you in an instant. Nothing changes the fact that everyone you love can be wiped off the face of the Earth by a single word.”

The fact was that he’d die himself before seriously hurting me. We both knew that he would never hurt me in any way possible. He cared too much. I had seen him like this before and the worst he ever seemed to do was scream, yell, and get more pissed off when he didn’t get his way. It was pretty entertaining once you thought about it.

“So are you coming, or are you going to make me drag you all the way?” I turned around then; glaring. He sighed as he read my expression. I could see he was in no mood for anymore of these mind games. I took a hesitant step forward and his eyes immediately flickered out of curiosity.

“Fine, but you better leave me the hell alone when we get there.” He smiled at my response.

“Ok, ok. Suit yourself.” He grabbed my arm then, swinging me onto his back. I held on tightly to his neck as we rose into the air, the ground gradually getting smaller the farther up we got. The sensation of flying. Nothing was like it and I was glad for the time I had to think as we made our way to his place.

The rush of wind on my face was exhilarating and I smiled as I shut my eyes. I had spent much of my life running away from him, only to be kidnapped once again. I rested my chin on his shoulder, absorbed in all my thoughts. What was the world coming to these days…


~Evan~
I could feel Summer’s mind swirling and flashing with different memories and thoughts. Her emotions consumed me and yet I couldn’t feel them at all. It was a peculiarly odd feeling, being blocked by all her thoughts. Kind of frustrating in a sense. I don’t even see why she would even try to hide stuff from me, considering she was as predictable as all get-out. I mean come on, she runs away from me time after time, only to come right back into my arms. Well not willingly, but same thing right? She hardly ever put the barrier down between us anymore.

She could be such a pain and I don’t see how I could have ever fallen in love with her at times. The first time I had seen Summer was when she was eleven years of age. Her hair had been a long glossy black and contrasted breathtakingly against her pale skin. Her eyes were like icy blue daggers that took my breath away each time I looked at her. She had been really skinny and had hardly any figure, but what stood out amongst everything else was her character. She hadn’t been afraid of anything.

I had met Summer in the streets of the city. She had been crying and all alone, looking for her mother. I hadn’t materialized, so the humans couldn’t see me and still, the girl stared at me as I walked right past her. I stopped and stared at her questioningly and she eventually came up to me. We had become friends ever since then, although in Summer’s terms we were far from being anything related to friends at the time.

Waves of sorrow and regret started to take hold of me as I came to a stop, surveying the room that now surrounded me. So many memories were made here. So many memories that would scar our lives forever. If only it was possible to take them all away; to make her forget the all-consuming pain that waited by her bedside each night. This room served as a reminder for us both and in a way I was glad for it, despite all that it had taken away from us.

The room was exactly how it had been left before the last incident. The room smelled luxurious and sweet. Music played softly in the background. The windows let in a ray of moonlight beneath the dark cherry colored curtains and a light breeze moved throughout the room.

“Well that was pretty fast if I do say so myself.” Summer jumped off my back then, bringing me back to reality. Her eyes were wide with curiosity as I watched her move around the room. It had been