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was supposed to.
     

CHAPTER THREE
    Dark clouds moved in across the sky around
three o’clock. My aunt’s house is perched on a hill overlooking a
valley, so I sat on the front porch to watch the rain come in. I
wrapped myself in a fleece blanket and tried not to shiver. It was
really far too cold for this, but I love the rain.
    “ Hello, LeKrista.”
    Roman’s voice spoke into my mind. The
blanket slipped from my shoulders when I jumped and I shivered.
    What the hell?
    “ Come to me.”
    An image of my backyard flashed before my
eyes and the front yard disappeared. I blinked and it was there
again.
    What the hell is going on?
    “ I am in your backyard, LeKrista,” Roman chuckled in my head. “Come to me, please.”
    I think it was the polite request that got
me to walk around the house. Roman stood beneath the edge of the
trees. The corner of his mouth was tilted up in a smirk and he
balanced all his weight on one leg. A thin sweater stretched across
his broad, muscled chest and when he saw me he crossed his
arms.
    “What the hell?” I asked. “How did you do
that? What are you?” I stopped several feet from him.
    “I fully intend to answer your questions.”
His voice rang with humor and I couldn’t help but notice how sexy
he was. That was the point wasn’t it? He was showing off.
    As if hearing my thoughts, Roman’s face
split into a grin. “Would you like to come somewhere with me?”
    I blinked. “Don’t you know what happens to
women who get into cars with strange men?” I asked. I meant it to
be funny, but I was completely serious.
    Roman’s eyes danced. “I assure you, I have
no intentions of getting you in my car.” I caught the double
entendre and ignored it. “You have questions, and I have answers.”
Roman held out his hand to me. I covered the space between us and
took it without thinking. He pulled me against him with no effort
at all. His strong arms tightened around my waist and the world
melted around me. I cried out and clutched at Roman’s clothes for
dear life. Slowly, I noticed was that the world was not melting
away.
    “ We’re flying,” Roman said into my
mind. “I won’t let you fall.”
    I tried to say something. I opened my mouth,
but no sound came out.
    “ How?” I tried, and heard Roman’s
answering chuckle.
    “ So many questions, my sweet.”
    My sweet?
    The wind sped around and through me like I
didn’t exist at all. I wondered for a moment if we had
dematerialized. If, somehow our atoms had been displaced and our
bodies were just moving through the air as dust particles. Would
our bits and pieces be left behind? Would I come out on the other
side to find I’d lost an arm? I closed my eyes and let the wind
pass through me and decided I liked the feeling.
    Wouldn’t it be funny if I was ten pounds
lighter afterward?
    I was disappointed when the flight was over.
We came to a jarring, abrupt halt after the exhilarating flight and
I was out of breath.
    That’s strange.
    I smelled salt water a moment before waves
crashed gently around my ankles. Night birds chirped and something
tangy and sweet assailed my senses.
    “God, what is that smell?” I gasped. It felt
like my lungs had forgotten how to take in oxygen.
    “Can you not breathe?”
    I looked up into Roman’s worried face and
frowned. No, I couldn’t. I meant to say it out loud, but the words
caught in my throat as my vision passed Roman to the most beautiful
display of diamond stars I’d ever seen.
    I fell in slow motion and landed on my back
in the sand. The world swam around me, the diamond stars wavered,
flickered, and went out. I could only feel deep sadness at the
loss.
    I don’t know when my lungs decided to start
working. I woke to Roman giving me mouth to mouth. Roman’s fearful
face leaned over me, haloed by a crown of those diamond stars.
    I didn’t dream them.
    I pulled at the air greedily and I pushed
myself into a sitting position.
    “Are you certain you’re alright?” Roman