Destiny (Vanish Book Four) by Sonny Daise Read Free Book Online Page B

cheek. I closed my eyes, but before the tears could
come, his lips were parting against mine. It was like that one
small piece awakened, now led the path for Dante to bring the rest
of me to life. He pulled me closer to him, over the console and
into the passenger seat with him. I knew whatever I felt for Skylar
in that one moment, in that one place inside of me, didn’t compare
to what I feel for Dante. I ached for him, and he was sitting right
here. I felt two tears escape down my cheek. He must have felt
their presence, because he pulled away and looked at me in the dull
light the moon cast.
    Without a word, he wiped the tears away and
pulled me closer, letting my head fall on his shoulder. He held on
to me tight, as if I was slipping away, and he had to stop it. I
looked back up to his face grateful that he wasn’t asking, but I
knew I had to tell him.
    “I was with Skylar,” I choked. He looked at
me with something I could only classify as understanding. He didn’t
speak he just sat there, giving me all of his attention. “He—he
kissed me.”
    “Is there anything else? He didn’t tell you
anything, did he?”
    “Wha—” was all I could manage to say. “You’re
not mad?”
    “No, I can’t be, but he didn’t try to tell
you things… about me, right?”
    “No, no. So… we’re okay?”
    “Of course.” The understanding was still
there, but there was also a hint of something else—guilt.
    “If you have something you want to get off
your mind….”
    “There is one thing. Something I’ve wanted to
tell you for so long, something I need you to know. It’s the reason
I did everything I did in the future. It’s the reason for
everything I do now. And I’m hoping it’s all that matters,” he said
as he grabbed both of my hands. “I love you.”
    “I love you, too, but I have a feeling
there’s something else you want to say.”
    “I’m an awful person,” he said in a barely
audible whisper. I almost didn’t catch it, even though our faces
were only inches apart. “I was an awful person. It’s not really a
secret that I’ve kept, not in this world, but in another. It’s a
memory I feel bad for, and I couldn’t tell you, I just
couldn’t.”
    “Tell me now,” I whispered. “I’m sure it’s
nothing; get it off of your chest.”
    “I can feel everything I felt in my dreams of
the past, the pain, the sadness—the desperation. I need you to know
that I pretended to be Skylar to help you find Grace. To help you
regain your innocence, but I had another reason. It was written in
the stars since before you were born: Scarlett and Skylar. He
would’ve tried to help you find Grace; I believe that, he is not as
bad of a guy as he seems. You would have also fallen
head-over-heels in love.”
    “So, you tricked me because you wanted to me
fall in love with you?”
    “Yes,” he sighed.
    “I told you a million times when you were
pretending to be Skylar how in love I was with you,” I said. “And
how did you know that I was meant to be with Skylar?”
    “Come up to my room with me.”
    When we got up to his room, I sat down on the
bed, and he kneeled on the floor reaching for something hidden
under his bed. He pulled out a book—the book he’d found at
Grace’s.
    “You took this?” I asked.
    “Yeah,” he mumbled as he turned the pages. “I
found this book in the past, too, although it had a much different
owner: Ann. I found it one day as I was leaving your house. I felt
bad for taking it, but I was happy that I did. Aha.”
    He turned the book toward me. There were two
completely different pages open, each with a couple in love. The
first page, showed a beautiful brunette with a dark-haired guy with
haunting blue eyes. Then, it explained the reasons they had to be
together, and how it would change the world. The next picture was
of me and—at first glance, it could have been Dante, but then I
looked closer, green eyes, ashy dark-blonde hair. I didn’t read the
bottom; I