To Be Forever Yours by Cassandra Morris (i read a book TXT) 📖

through the streets. Attention was brought to her by the way she held herself but no one followed; they were just merely curious. She looked back at me uncertainly then continued on, quickening her pace.

I followed quietly behind her, keeping a good enough distance to where she couldn’t see me. She still knew I was following her though. She sensed me. She could feel me. Her agitation continued to grow but there was no way I was going to let her wander aimlessly around Faerie by herself.

Summer continued walking until she came to a shimmering riverbank. She slowly made her way to a pink and gold willow tree then swiftly sat down. I stared at her and she turned away. I watched the calm river flow back and forth as I stood there- seeming to have a mind of its own. It was beautiful. It was soothing. I sighed. She was staring at me now with a strange gleam in her eyes that made my heart race.

Love is a strange thing, wouldn’t you agree?

Summer’s gaze didn’t falter as she said this and I wondered what exactly was going through her mind that instant. She laughed inwardly towards herself as she saw my eyebrows furrow in concentration and curiosity.

I walked over to her then and she shivered involuntarily. Love, need, want, hatred.

It all surged through me now as if they were my own thoughts and feelings. She struggled unsuccessfully to shut me out of her mind. I sat down beside her; absorbed in all that I was feeling right now. It was both shocking and pleasant in a way.

She started to play with her hands-nervous for some reason. I smiled, watching her intently now. Her voice began to echo in my head again; louder this time.

Need. Want.

Confusion crossed my face as her eyes started to mimic those thoughts. She usually never betrayed her own emotions and showed me her true feelings. I reached out and grabbed her hand. Summer didn’t refuse as she closed her eyes. I started to pull her closer to me. She hesitated at first-uncertain-but eventually let me hold her close. She sighed in contentment and a flash of heat overtook my body. I tried to control my thoughts as she wrapped her arms around me. Man, was she ever confusing.

Look who’s talking, Evan.

She looked up into my eyes, truly smiling this time. She was right, but there was no way I was going to admit that to her. Especially not to my face. She laughed as she guessed what I was thinking about and I laughed too.

Her face grew serious then and blood rushed to her cheeks as I stroked her hands, trailing all the way up her arms and back down again. Goosebumps rose on her skin and her body grew warm. Her heart fluttered and she looked away, both unease and longing filling her.

You’re so bad for me, you just don’t even know.

Summer shook her head, dusted herself off, and got up. Her eyes were guarded now and she was back to her normal self. My heart sank as I watched her dissipate-leaving me and the realm of faerie behind. How I missed the days when it was nothing but us all the time, nothing but our love. How I missed those days. Those precious days…


~Summer~
Being around Evan these days seemed to be getting more and more complicated. I knew this would happen the more we hung out with one another, but I didn’t really care at the time. What a big mistake. I still catch myself almost letting the thought of us being together enter my mind. I’ve been slipping up a lot more. I definitely need to start being more careful.

The thoughts swirling in my head started to pound as I started walking back to Evan’s place, leaving him just far enough behind so that I couldn’t make sight of him. He could feel my confusion and reacted just as I thought he would-leaving me to mope around until I got over myself and then he would be back again; screwing up yet another part of my life. Lucky me.

I just wish that we could be together without any of these so called complications that constantly haunted us both on a daily basis. I had made up my mind a long time ago to just leave everything behind-including him- and now look where I was. Right in the beginning, falling more in love with him all over again. I sighed loudly to myself as the thoughts I had dreaded started to consume me. Three years ago it had happened. I was so horrified at the time…

My thoughts were interrupted by a loud thud. I jumped up, terrified. Evan popped his head through the window then and saw the expression on my face. His face shown sympathy but his eyes shown something different. My heart pounded hard in my chest. Evan placed both his legs in the room and I started to tremble slightly. He acted as If he didn’t know, but he saw it right before he turned away.

I looked down at his hands to see blood trickling down slowly from them and dripping on to the floor. Panic overtook me and I grabbed his hands. He winced and tried to take them away.

“What happened?” I asked, my voice rising with concern. He shook his head; not talking. Evan looked pale and sickly. I reached for his face and he coiled backwards. His distance was beginning to scare me. I took a couple steps toward him and he backed up against the wall.

Evan? He could see the worry on my face but still made no response. He looked exhausted and worn out. I tried to see what he was thinking but gave up right away when I was slammed back out. Something was very wrong and he knew that I could tell.

“Stay inside and don’t go out unless I say so.” And with that he left the room, leaving a strange feeling floating through the air. I sighed and crawled into bed. Why did Evan have to be so secretive and hard to read all the time. It was really frustrating, but I had a feeling that this was only the beginning to these escalading nightmares.


Chapter 3

There was no way I could tell Summer what just went on between me and her little friend, “Nathan”. No way. That would just make her worry and endanger her more. She’s such a handful already and I don’t want to deal with more off her stupid crap as it is. A little dispute amongst one of her ‘friends’ isn’t that bad, right? Wrong. It is really bad considering he’s

1) A crazed faerie
2) In love with her
3) From the Summer Court and
4) May be working for them as well

Not really someone you would want to be involved with as severely as I am. Funny thing is, Summer is so oblivious to the fact that we’ve known each other for years and that he’s always been a faerie. I’m surprised she didn’t figure it out sooner. I shook my head at the thought of it as I heard her rustling around in the room downstairs.

Go to bed, Summer. I stared at my hands waiting for her to respond back.

Not until you tell me what the hell happened back there! I could feel her fuming as her anger enveloped me. She was probably trembling by now and I laughed at the thought. What a hot-headed human. I promptly jumped out of my bed, not making a sound but a gentle tap on the floor. Still, she heard it and came running upstairs.

“Where the heck do you think you’re going?” She was practically up in my face now and I was getting really annoyed.

Out of my way. I swiftly pushed her aside and she grabbed my arm. My whole body tingled with surprise at her reaction and I stared down at her curiously. Her eyebrows were furrowed in what seemed to be hatred, but was really just confusion and fear. We stood there for a couple minutes just staring at each other, before she finally decided to let my arm go. She shrugged her shoulders then made her way out onto the balcony.

Cold air blew in across my face and I shivered involuntarily as she opened the door. I could see goose bumps rising up along her arms but she didn’t seem to care. She was off in her own little world for the moment, probably trying to distract herself I presumed. I figured it best to just stay here. No need to cause any more problems.

I walked out to the edge of the doorway, watching her as the remaining sunlight reflected off her face. The sun was setting, which made this night even more perfect if it were not for the circumstances we were both under. She turned to look at me and her long glossy hair fell off of her shoulder. Her blue eyes looked pale and lifeless and her smile was just a small smirk at the moment. She patted the area beside her, beckoning me over to her.

I just stood there for a moment. Clearly in a daze as I thought about how she had just asked me to come and sit with her. Man, was I ever rubbing off on her; her moods changed almost just as quickly as mine. She smiled as I stood there like an idiot and waited for me quietly. Eventually I came over to her and started to regret this whole thing. She was staring at me and it definitely wasn’t helping the situation.

Do I have something on my face? Summer laughed as I asked this and shook her head in response. She touched my cheek and it sent waves of pleasure through my body. I tried to keep it to myself but as usual it was no use. She could feel it too. Still, she didn’t pull her hand away and I began to wonder what was wrong with her.

“Are you stupid, or what? There’s nothing wrong with me.” I jumped at the sound of her voice; startled.

Then why haven’t you removed your hand? She just shrugged in response and let her hand fall. I caught it before it hit the edge of the seat. Her alarm wavered through me, but her face shown no emotion. I smiled and she turned red.

Summer pulled away and stared off to where the sun had just now disappeared. Her eyes twinkled with the mixture of amusement and concern. I tried to grab her hand once more and she scooted away from me. Frustration filled me and I struggled to keep control. I didn’t get her at all. She seemed to be changing more and more these days. One second she was flirty and the next she was all cold. Turns out that I still had a lot to figure out about her.

The silence between us continued to drag out. She continued staring off into space. In all reality I think she was just making an excuse to ignore me, but that really didn’t matter. I was used to be ignored most of the time, even if I never handled it well and