The White Aura (The White Aura Series)

by Felicia Tatum

  The book was full of spells that were special to our family. Spells that had been used in defeating powerful beings in the past. There was information about our war with vampires, as well as how to survive if you met your heart mate at thirteen, like my great-great-great grandmother had. I rummaged through the pages, careful not to rip any, to find the information about our curse. The details on what could happen and what could not. There were at least fifty dedicated to the subject, so I decided to just study the passages until it was close to time for her to sleep…and then I could see her.

  Olivia

  I was lying in my oversized bed, with the fluffy covers pulled up to my face and my eyes closed. Trying to drift off to sleep only sleep wouldn’t come to me. I was worrying about school tomorrow. What was I going to do when Aiden tried to prove himself to me? I tossed to the other side. Why did I care so much? And why did I say yes to his invitation? Staring out the window, I noticed how the stars were so mesmerizing. If only life could be as simple as the stars in the sky. I always knew they would be out at night, but people...well people were not that predictable. I closed my eyes yet again, willing myself to sleep.

  The familiar sensation of my dreams engulfed my body. It was like I was floating… but not. I felt completely safe, yet I didn’t even know where I was. I looked around, realizing the dream was new this time. I usually started out kissing Mr. Sexy, but this time I was in a room by myself. Looking around, I noticed it was the place I was in sometimes. It’s the normal bedroom size, with dark blue walls. By the door on the far wall sat a desk with two computer screens and lots of office looking supplies. Beside the desk was a shelf, with a ton of ancient looking books. The bed I was resting on had a bedspread the same color as the walls. And a few very fluffy pillows. There was a TV with a gaming system by the closet and a window to my left. A window! I leapt off the bed and looked out, seeing if I recognized where I was. I was taking it all in when I heard something-or rather someone-behind me.

  I spun and he was already inches from my face. He was so close that I could smell him, and he smelled delicious. Like a fresh showered scent with a hint of outdoors. Manly and sexy, in my opinion.

  “Where am I? Who are you,” I asked him quietly.

  His deep eyes looked into mine, “My Livvie, I can’t tell you yet. But I can let you know other stuff about me, if you wish,” he said.

  His voice was deep and alluring, making my knees weak. He had called me his Livvie. No one had ever called me that before.

  “Yes, I want to know everything about you. I can’t stop thinking about you…” I let my voice trail off, hoping he didn’t think I was crazy.

  “Ok, my Livvie, I am twenty years old. I live in the city next to you, but I don’t think you’ve ever seen me. I fell in love with you when you walked by the coffee shop I was in a little over a year ago. The Triple Perk, on 4th street. And…this is real, Livvie. All of the dreams truly happen. You are asleep, but I’m actually here with you.”

  I let it all sink in. These were real. I walked over to the desk and sat in the chair. I figured this was the safest place for me, so I didn’t end up making out again. I wanted to, but I also wanted to know what was going on.

  “So…how does this happen?” I asked him, my eyes desperately searching his.

  “Well, my love, it’s a very long and difficult story, but you will find out soon. I just wanted you to know they are factual. I am in love with you, Olivia Whitehead.”

  His face was full of light, his eyes shining and radiating happiness. And I believed him. This handsome man was really in love with me. I studied him some more, taking him all in. His dark hair was messy, and he wore jeans and a black buttoned shirt. He looked damned sexy standing there, looking at me like I was the only person in the world. I stood and walked toward him, my hormones controlling my moves. I reached for his face when he grabbed my hand and stopped me.

  “Livvie, not tonight. I can’t tonight. I won’t be able to stop…and…I don’t want our first time to be in a dream.”

  He said it with such disappointment that my heart ached for him. I reached for him again, but he was gone.

  I was sitting in my bed, sweaty and confused. I turned on the light, my eyes not wanting to adjust. I massaged my temples with my fingers, trying to figure out what was wrong with me. He had said it was real, but wouldn’t my dreams try to convince me that it was an authentic event? I mean, it was my subconscious. How could I know what was really going on? This was starting to freak me out. I glanced around the room and something new in the environment caught my eye. And that’s when I noticed it, a yellow rose on my dresser. A beautiful flower that hadn’t been there before I went to bed.

  Scott

  The moment she looked at me with her big green eyes and asked my name, I knew I must leave something for her so she would know I was no apparition. I noticed when espying her room had a lot of yellow. I figured it was her favorite color. So after I left the dream, but before she woke, I created a Sunshine Daydream rose in her room.

  I was lying on my bed, thinking of the events of the night. When espying, our spirits were together. It was enough to calm the hurt in my body from being away from my heart mate. But it wasn’t enough for my actual heart. I longed to literally feel her silky hair under my fingers, to know how soft her lips truly were. I wanted to hear her voice, to be able to hold her in my arms. Why did Livvie have to be so beautiful? And why did that guy have to ask her out? Oh, the thought reminded me…I got up and trudged my heavy feet to my computer. I sat so hard in the chair it gave a little squeak like it might break under my weight. It was time to do some research. Remembering the guy’s name was Aiden, I went to Livvie’s social networking sites. Maybe they were friends. I was scrolling, getting distracted by pictures of my love, when I saw two guys with the name Aiden. Aiden Cavalier and Aiden Periwinkle. I snickered at the names. One of these guys asked my Livvie to go to the dance and may possibly try to steal her heart. I guess I would just have to listen in while she was at school, so perhaps I could catch a glimpse of my competition.

  I looked at Cavalier’s page. He played sports, ran track, the athletic sort of guy, which probably meant he was a complete idiot. Not that I thought all athletes were idiots. He just looked the type. You know, the cocksure, I-am-a-god attitude. He had gray eyes and light brown hair. I knew I was much better looking. Now it was time to look at Periwinkle. He seemed like one of the brainy kids. He was a year younger than Livvie, so maybe the other guy was the date…it was driving me crazy not knowing my competition.

  I turned off the computer and paced around my room. Going to the window, I stared out at the moon. So far away, so beautiful, and somewhere I wished I could be. I lived in a medium sized town in southern Tennessee. With plush trees, wide and ample fields for farming and the nicest people around. I loved being in the South. My home was decent sized. It was actually my parents’ house, but I lived in the apartment above the garage. When I turned eighteen, I helped my father rebuild the storage place into my place. The rooms weren’t huge, but big enough for me to live and have my own space. I spent quite a bit of time at my parents’, though. Mainly because there was always something important going on over there.

  I heard a knock at the door connecting the garage to the house.

  “Yeah?” I called out.

  The door opened and my younger brother, Santos, stuck his head in.

  “Yo, can I come in?”

  I nodded and he slid in, his hand still on the doorknob. My nose caught a waft of something baking.

  “I found out some info on the descendent. The actual sorcerer who set the curse was Devlin Hart. I have a lead now. Just wanted you to know.”

  “Awesome, San. Thank you so much for helping me, bro. Is everything going ok with you? What are you doing up so early?”

  “Yeah, not much going on lately. There is this girl at school I’ve been competing with. It’s a little stressful, but I’m determined to be the head of the class. I’ve been u
p studying since 4:30a.m.”

  My brother was a bit ambitious. Our parents had made it very clear we were to learn everything we could and not use our magical abilities to help us out in any way. But Santos was taking it a bit far.

  I laughed, “Ok man. Good luck.”

  He nodded and left, shutting the door with a bang behind him.

  Closing the curtains, I trudged my way back to my bed. Undressing, I slid into bed and attempted to shut my mind off from this terrible day. This damned curse may cost me my love. If only…my grandmother wouldn’t be happy, but I knew I had to find the descendant of Devlin Hart. It couldn’t be anyone nice…but…no, I couldn’t think about that. I would just have to find the descendent so I could be with Livvie before someone stole her away. I turned off the light and got into bed, knowing I would dream of my Livvie.

  Olivia

  The yellow rose spun around in my hand and smelled like a delicate piece of heaven. Once I had seen the flower, I knew he was real. I still didn’t know his name, but he said I would soon. I hadn’t been able to sleep much since I woke from the dream. So, currently I was sitting and staring out at the moon that was going to bed and a sun that was waking. The colors were swirling together and creating a magnificent view. The dark met the light and there was a heavenly orange-yellow glow across the sky.

  I had a window seat in my room with yellow pillows thrown around it. I loved this perch. I begged my parents to put it in when I was fourteen. They finally agreed on my sixteenth birthday. It took quite a bit of remodeling to accomplish, so I was grateful that they finally said yes to it. It was my favorite place to sit and think.

  The rest of my room looked like a typical young woman’s. My bed was full sized, with lots of fluffy pillows and a yellow comforter. My dresser was large, but not nearly enough to hold all of my clothing. The closet was full of shoes, clothes, and boxes of stuff that I couldn’t bear to throw out from my childhood. I had a small TV on the dresser, with a furry clock beside it. Yes, a furry clock. It was fun and made the morning a bit more interesting. I looked at the clock; 5:13 in the morning. School would be fun today. At least it was Wednesday. We had a half day today and the rest of the week off for teacher work days. It was like a mini school vacation before our summer break. And tonight was my sleepover with Juniper. I always looked forward to them, because we had so much fun together. Our parents had known each other for so long that they let us have sleepovers on school nights sometimes.

  Arrow Rock High, in Arrow Rock, Tennessee, was as small as small could get. We barely had enough people to have a sports team, but we made it work. Everyone knew your business, though. It was quite unfortunate. It seemed like no one could go for a drive without the whole town knowing. My school had roughly 800 students, including those in junior high. My class had 60, tops. In fact, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that dream man definitely wasn’t from here. I would have known who he was, and remembered him. He was totally gorgeous, so there was no way I could ever forget him. I sat up a little straighter, thinking back to when I was staring out of his window. Trying to remember if I knew where he was. It was definitely in a familiar town, but I didn’t know which one. There had been a lot of trees, but also houses near his. If only I had thought to look at an address on one of the mailboxes. He said he lived in the next town…but that could be three different places. I thought of the surrounding towns: Loudon Heights, Kaysville, and Stone. His house may be in any of them. They all were very nature centered towns. Was it crazy to think about a man I dream about like this? I hadn’t even met him, yet there was this pull to him. I longed for his hand in mine, to be able to really look in his eyes. But a small part of me couldn’t help but think I was crazy. To fall in love with someone I was dreaming about? That just screamed insanity. Maybe someone should get the white coats to come and get me, because there was definitely something wrong with me. Sighing, I looked at the clock again, 6:45 a.m. I guess it was time to get ready for school.

  I stood and headed for the closet, thinking of what I might wear today. It seemed like it would be rainy, so I should find something cute but water resistant. I decided on dark skinny jeans with a dark pink off-the-shoulder top. I put my hair in a low pony tail. Rain always made my hair look awful, so I had learned to put it up on those days. I rarely applied a ton of make-up, but I felt the urge to today. I put neutral shade on my lids, with dark liner all around. I loved the cat eye look, so I tried that. I gently brushed my face with powder and put a touch of light pink gloss on. I gazed in the mirror and thought that I looked really good in dark pink. It really complimented my skin. I wasn’t the overly confident type, but I knew when a color looked good on me, and dark pink did. I went back to the closet and shuffled through the boxes of shoes, looking for my black rain boots with polka dots. I found them but not before getting a few boxes knocked on my head. I pulled on the boots and grabbed my book bag, ready to eat breakfast. My phone chimed, and I had a text from Aiden. I stopped in my tracks as I read what it said.

  “I’m coming to take you to school. I have breakfast in the car. 5 minutes.”

  I couldn’t believe he was doing this. Actually trying to prove himself to me. And just assuming I would be ok with him taking me to school? Who did he think he was? Before I could get the reply typed, I heard honking outside. I guess Aiden was here. And he couldn’t be bothered to come to the door or wait for a reply.

  I walked to his vehicle with purpose. And maybe a bit of sassiness. I cocked my head to the side and stood at the door. If this was his idea of wooing me, it wasn’t working. He stared at me, his eyes moving appreciatively up and down my body. I still didn’t reach for the door. I was waiting for him to get out and open it. He just showed up like this and couldn’t even be a gentleman? Nope. Was not going to happen with me.

  He seemed to finally get the hint after five minutes of staring at each other. He hopped out of his side, saying, “What are you doing, Whitehead? Get in the car.”

  “No.”

  His eyes widened, “Why not?”

  “Because. You can’t just come here without asking and then expect me to just hop in your jalopy.”

  “Oh.”

  He reached around me, his arm brushing against mine. His closeness made me nervous, and I wanted to move away from him, but there wasn’t anywhere to go. He opened the door and bowed in an extravagant way.

  I couldn’t help but laugh when he said, “My lady.”

  “Thank you, Cavalier,” I said with a giggle.

  We got settled and he pulled out a breakfast platter from the only restaurant in town. He gave me a mischievous grin and told me that we were eating at school. I couldn’t figure him out. This Aiden wasn’t really like the one I knew at school. He was different. And I wasn’t sure if I liked it or not.

  Scott

  I always had an out of body feeling when I espied others who were far away. I tingled all over and felt as if I were floating beside the person I was espying. I lived about twenty five miles away, so it was this way when I espied Livvie. I glanced at the clock and realized she should be on the way to school. I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to see what she was doing now. I sat back in my chair, closed my eyes, and relaxed. I counted to thirty, breathing deeply with each number. Tingling started at my feet and slowly moved up. Before I got to thirty, my whole body was numb and I felt my spirit drifting. I concentrated on Livvie’s face. If I didn’t, I could end up anywhere. I heard her voice…and some guy’s. It couldn’t be her dad; this guy was too young. I drifted closer and closer until my spirit was beside her. She was in a car. I glanced at the driver and was shocked to see the Aiden Cavalier character sitting behind the wheel. I guess he was her date. But then I noticed he had a red aura. He was a sorcerer too.

  The shock sent my spirit back to my resting form in a flash. I jerked out of the chair and stumbled as I tried to stand. Rising soon after espying was not the best idea, because it took a few minutes for my physical being and spirit to reconnect. I was he
re, but the full connection hadn’t occurred yet. But right now, my body was just moving on its own. I couldn’t believe this Aiden character was a sorcerer. And one with a red aura! All sorcerers had a specific color about them, mainly pertaining to their families. Most had two shades, with the outer color being a golden yellow and the inner being their family color. The Tabors were green. The bad sorcerers had a red ring where the golden yellow would normally be. But Aiden…his whole aura was red. This could only mean he was a truly evil spirit. And he was with my Livvie. Shaking, I knew I needed to calm myself. I must relax again in order to watch her and make sure she was safe. I sat back down, knees quivering, and tried to relax my mind. I lay my head against the pillow and closed my eyes. Breathing deeply through my nose, I willed myself to stop thinking. I had to put all thoughts out. I went through the process again, this time counting to fifty.

  My spirit rested beside her in the school courtyard. She and this evil sorcerer were eating breakfast together. He was saying stuff not so funny, yet she was laughing. They were talking about a track meet coming up and how he was ready for it. It apparently was the last one of the year, before summer break. He didn’t mention the dance. I saw in his eyes he enjoyed looking at Livvie. But I also saw something more. There was an element in the way he stared making feel uneasy. He kept looking towards where my spirit rested, but didn’t seem to know I was there. Possibly because Livvie was sitting with him. He was a red sorcerer, and would not do something stupid to let his secret out. I was worried about her safety, but the bell rang signaling class. I instantly felt better. He wouldn’t do anything with witnesses around. I started to drift back to my corporal self, knowing I must speak with my family immediately.