Caterpillar, a Paranormal Romance With a Touch of Horror (36 page)

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The faint smell of smoke drifted to my nostrils, interrupting my enjoyable reverie. I tried to lift my head and open my eyes, but I couldn’t. I struggled against invisible restraints, trapping me behind my lids.

I could see fires raging all around me as I stood inside some sort of stone tomb. And there were screams, and echoes of screams. Near and far, someone was screaming my name. And the voice, I recognized that voice. My heart sank in my chest when I realized it was Tegan. And he was in terrible pain.

Rage built inside me, burning hotter than all the flames around me.

I struggled to find my way to him, following the sound of his voice, but the closer I got, the higher the flames grew. Hotter and hotter, I could feel them all around me, inside me, running through me. And then it was gone. I opened my eyes and sat up. Tegan’s head was still in my lap, but the letter he held was burned to a cinder in his hand.

TO BE CONTINUED IN BOOK 2

COMING SOON

WINTER 2011

A WORD

A few times in life, I’ve found myself in a position of such love and gratitude that saying THANK YOU seems trite, like it’s just not enough. That is the position that I find myself in now when it comes to you, my readers. You are the sole reason that my dream of being a writer has come true. I knew that it would be gratifying and wonderful to finally have a job that I loved so much, but I had no idea that it would be outweighed and outshined by the unimaginable pleasure that I get from hearing that you love my work, that it’s touched you in some way or that your life seems a little bit better for having read it. So it is from the depths of my soul, from the very bottom of my heart that I say I simply cannot THANK YOU enough. I’ve added this note to all my stories with the link to a blog post that I really hope you’ll take a minute to read. It is a true and sincere expression of my humble appreciation. I love each and every one of you and you’ll never know what your many encouraging posts, comments and e-mails have meant to me.