*
I heard Adam’s truck pull up before I saw it. I took a few seconds to make sure I was glamoured before I rushed out of the back door and onto the porch. He had already jumped out of his truck and for the first time in almost two weeks, I laid my eyes on him—the boy I was in love with. My heart leapt, and I ran down the steps of the porch and into his arms. He pulled me close to him, and I could smell the warm, comforting scent of his body.
He pulled away. Our gazes met, his own green eyes concerned. “Are you feeling better? Your mom said you’ve missed school because you were sick,” he said, caressing my face. “School’s been lame without you. It felt like it was never going to end. I tried to text you…why didn’t you text me back?”
“I was really taken by dark faeries, and we had no service.” Damn it! I forgot about the lying thing.
“Sure you were.” He laughed. “I’m just glad you’re feeling better.”
“Me, too.” Slowly, he leaned toward me and pressed his lips to mine. My eyelids fluttered closed and all my worries about the future faded away in his arms. I was finally home and with Adam.
“I love you,” he whispered.
“I love you, too,” I told him before kissing him again.
As wonderful as the kiss was, I found myself thinking of Kallan and the way he had kissed me with such passion. The kisses Kallan and I had shared had been so different than the ones I shared with Adam. With Adam, it was familiar and safe, and with Kallan, it was unknown and exciting.
My heart was breaking in two. I felt stuck between two loves. I knew without a shadow of a doubt that I was falling in love with Kallan, but I also loved Adam. I knew who I would choose. I didn’t belong in this faery world. I belonged home—with Adam.
Epilogue
Kallan stood invisible in the forest behind Rylie’s house. He watched as her human boyfriend pulled up in his truck. He clenched his fists when she came running out of the house and into his arms with a passion he’d never seen. And then he watched as they kissed.
Jealousy coursed through his veins. He knew she loved this human boy. And even though she promised to return in a couple years, he wasn’t sure he could wait that long. He wanted her to love him. He needed to be near her. He had felt more alive in the short time they had been together than he had in his entire life.
“I will win her love,” he whispered to no one but himself.
About the Authors
Julia Crane
Julia Crane is the author of the YA paranormal fiction novels: Keegan’s Chronicles, Mesmerized and Eternal Youth. Julia was greatly encouraged by her mother to read and use her imagination, and she’s believed in magical creatures since the day her grandmother first told her an Irish tale. Julia has traveled far and wide to all the places her grandmother told her about, gaining inspiration from her journeys to places like Nepal, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Italy, France and many more. And who knows? Maybe the magical creatures she writes about are people she met along the way.
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Talia Jager
When Talia isn’t hiding in the closet from her six children munching on a chocolate bar, she enjoys hiking the red rocks in Utah or sitting on the beach with a Kindle in her hands and her toes in the ocean.
Talia has written a number of books for young adults, including Damaged: Natalie’s Story, Teagan’s Story: Her Battle With Epilepsy, If I Die Young, Secret Bloodline, Lost and Found, and The Gifted Teens Series. Connect with Talia online at https://www.taliajager.com
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Mesmerized
WARNING: This is a mature YA. Due to sexual content and some language it is not recommended for younger teens.
Seventeen-year-old succubus Lily Anderson can’t have a normal life: She isn’t allowed a boyfriend, she has no friends, and school is just one mess-up after another.
Lily’s parents send her away to the prestigious Emerson Academy. It doesn’t appear to be any different from the others. That is, until she meets her roommate, Hannah, and a blue-eyed boy named Jake.
Lily makes an almost deadly mistake, and Jake has a mysterious past that has come back to haunt him. Together, they must go on the run from things neither of them understand in order to save the people they love—and each other. But, Jake’s foe is more dangerous than they realized, and it will take the help of friends and family to save the man Lily loves.
She must learn to use her powers for good before it’s too late.
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