Fifth Vision of Destiny - Brett (7 page)

Woods shrugged and glanced at her. “Not
often, but it does happen, yes. Sometimes what they see is just too
far removed from their current lives and their minds can’t wrap
around it. I think that was the case with Brett.”

“But he’ll be happy?” Daisy asked softly,
afraid that she was pushing Woods’ limits again, yet unable to
resist asking.

For a moment, Woods was silent, and Daisy
wasn’t sure he would reply, then a small smile broke upon his lips,
and he ducked his head a little, looking at Daisy from beneath his
eyelashes. “He looked pretty damn happy to me,” he said with a
quiet chuckle. “Lucky bastard, if you ask me.”

The little knot of dread that had formed at
the bottom of Daisy’s stomach when she had heard Brett mention
vampires loosened a little, and she breathed a small sigh of
relief. “He’s a good man,” she said, the words as much for herself
as they were for Woods. She had known Brett since her first year in
college, and she had always liked him, his humor, how hard he
worked for what he wanted. He was an inspiration to those who knew
him, her included. “He deserves to be happy.”

A long moment passed before Woods answered,
and when he did, quiet words drifting toward the ocean, she didn’t
know what she could possibly have answered.

“Don’t we all?” Woods murmured, and he had
never sounded so sad.

To be continued in: Sixth Vision of Destiny –
Cathleen

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On The Edge

Brett Andrews thought he had it all. His new
club, On The Edge, catering to vampires and humans, is a success,
and the beautiful vampire Lisa is everything he could have dreamed
of. When an old lover of hers, Leo, shows up at the club, Brett's
immediate fear is that he will lose Lisa. But if he just stops
thinking long enough to follow Lisa's lead, he might gain a lover
instead of losing one.

First Vision of Destiny –
Alicia

Daisy’s first mistake was to tell her friends
that the famous seer Sam Woods is a family friend; her second one,
to let them convince her to organize a soiree so that they may meet
him. They are excited and can’t wait to be given a vision of their
romantic future. Daisy, on the other hand, still doesn’t see the
point in being told what Cupid is preparing for her. One by one,
Daisy’s nine friends will get a glimpse of the crucial choice, the
passionate night, or the unexpected encounter that will shape the
rest of their love lives. Will Daisy join them and ask Sam to
reveal her future to her before the night is over?

Alicia is the first to volunteer to be shown
what her future holds, maybe because she hasn’t had much luck with
men so far in her life. Craving a relationship in which she would
be needed, she has been visiting blood bars and allowing vampires
to bite her. Those same vampires, Sam Woods shows her, could cause
her to lose the man she loves more than anything…

Fourth Vision of Destiny –
Mike

Having finally accepted that the visions
Woods offers her friends are real, Daisy begins to wonder what the
seer himself gets out of the experience. It can’t be all that
pleasant, she figures, especially when he has to kiss both women
and men – and doesn’t like men in that way.

Mike, on the
other hand, does like men, but he has had little luck in finding
Mr. Right, despite his friends’ attempts at introducing him to
potential relationship interests. On the eve of Valentine’s Day,
his loneliness and one drink too many cause him to flirt with a
handsome stranger and ask for a one-night stand. In the morning,
though, that questionable decision might turn out to be the one
that will change Mike’s life for the better.