ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I began this book when I first started ghostwriting for clients. I was trying to think of a story line for a paranormal story. The client gave me a lot of freedom, and while I was working on that story, this outline came to be, but since it didn’t meet all of the proper guidelines (m/f) only. I couldn’t use it. So instead of scraping it, I decided I’d keep it for myself and go with it to see where it went. I am so glad I did.
For that, I really want to thank my client (M.C.) for opening up my mind to new stories. Ones I never thought I’d be writing, and now that he’s got me writing themed stories, I am finding outlines come easier. I have the next 14 books outlined for myself. It seemed once I started ghostwriting, writing become easier, not easy, because it never will be, but easier to where I have gained confidence and the ability to go with something even if it makes me nervous.
I want to thank my family. My mom who has always known I’d be a writer and gets just as excited as I do with my writing. My partner, who deals with all my ‘boring’ talk of characters, and stories even though anything book related bores him to death. He’s a rock star, because I could go on and on about writing and books and he deals with it pretty well. He never tells me to shut up at least. I also want to thank K.K for praising the changes I’ve made in my life. It’s nice to have those changes acknowledged.
My lovely daughter who loves that I write, and hates that now that she can read I don’t let her anywhere near the screen (LOL). I told her she could read my stuff when she is older, much older. She thinks it’s cool that I write, and she is the reason I never give up, because every day I show her that you can reach your dreams if you never give up, then hopefully she will do the same. I always want her to have confidence and faith in her ability to do whatever she wants to do.
I want to thank anyone who reads my book, and I hope you enjoy it. I don’t write for myself to make money (of course it’s nice). I write to get my stories out there and just give something back to the rest of the world.
I hope you enjoy getting to know Dix, Dara, and Eden. They are the first of many supernatural beings that will have their own stories in the coming future. Each one of them is close to my heart.
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Dara strode down the cracked sidewalk. The eerie sound of her boots clicking on the ground echoed in the ominous silence. She felt like she was being followed, yet when she glanced over her shoulder no one was there. Chills crawled up her spine and her body tingled. For weeks the same thing happened. Every night after she got off work and walked home she felt a presence, and each night she never saw anything lurking nearby, but somewhere out there, something was there, watching and waiting. She didn’t know what it was waiting for, but it was really freaking her out.
Picking up her pace, she turned the corner and sighed in relief when the street lights illuminated her path. Things had taken a strange turn in her life. Everywhere she went it always felt like she was being shadowed, but if she really thought about it, the presence didn’t feel threatening—to her at least. It was the fear of the unknown that left a bitter taste in her mouth. The sharp pains that followed didn’t help matters. They didn’t happen consistently, but once they began they caught her off guard and stole her breath. She was useless until they faded away into nothing, and then it was as if they weren’t there in the first place making her feel as though she was losing her mind.
When she went to bed at night her mind took over making it difficult to relax. Already exhausted from work and lack of sleep, she couldn’t get her mind to cooperate. Every time she shut her eyes she saw them. Sometimes before she fell into a restless sleep they were already there coaxing her into a sexual
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