by Dale Mayer
*.*.*
Shit. He shouldn't have released her. Even as he whispered that under his breath, his shoulders eased and the pain in his arms disappeared.
She laughed. Yes, you should have. I'm fine. Look.
You are traveling way too fast.
Unless he could get back to help her before she hit the ground.
Stronger with carrying just the two vamps, he swooped down to the crowd, relieved when he saw his friends all standing and watching them, and lowered himself enough that the men could drop to the ground. His father came in behind him with Motre and Seth. But no Serus. And Cody realized they'd done what he'd done. Split up the weight.
Goran and Cody rose immediately to fly off in tandem to help Tessa and Serus.
Tessa had almost reached them. He raced to her side, meeting her as she was about to attempt her landing. Her face was twisted with concentration.
I'm here, Tessa. I can grab you.
:I think ...I'm... and she hit the ground. Hard.
He cried out. And heard the cries of the others as they watched her go down. Hard.
And then she came up.
And down.
And up and down.
He stared. What the hell?
She laughed, her voice free and joyous. I can do this – remember?
She landed again and took off into a long smooth glide that allayed the force into something manageable.
You look...
Ridiculous. Right?
No. Not at all. I can't say I expected a graceful ballet dance of a landing but you are...beautiful.
*.*.*
Tessa beamed. She could see her father standing, exhausted but alive, with her mother in his arms and Seth crumpled at their feet. David hovered over Jewel, who appeared to be sitting up. Ian stood with Wendy wrapped in his arms. Tessa grinned as she realized she'd been correct about the two of them.
Even Jared was there, talking to a very exhausted looking Goran.
And they were all watching her come in.
Great.
Talk about arriving in style.
No pressure...again.
Sweetheart, you have a style all your own. Don't even try to be anyone else.
Cody's comforting voice wrapped around her. How could she not love this guy?
I hope you mean that.
I guess we now have a chance to find out. She laughed again, feeling a freedom she had yet to experience. And I for one can't wait.
Moments later, she landed cleanly in front of her family and friends. She was instantly engulfed by their cheers.
Life was good.
No. As Cody landed and snatched her up and twirled her around in a big hug, she realized life was better than that – life was great!
Dear reader,
This concludes the Moltere's Mountain portion of Tessa's story.
Stay tuned as she returns home – with the hunky Cody at her side – and they try to resume a normal life. But there is nothing normal about Tessa and her nose for trouble...or those that escaped justice and are out looking for a little payback of their own!
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Dangerous Designs – book 1 of Design Series
Drawing is her world...but when her new pencil comes alive, it's his world too.
Her... Storey Dalton is seventeen and now boyfriendless after being dumped via Facebook. Drawing is her escape. It's like as soon as she gets down one image, a dozen more are pressing in on her. Then she realizes her pictures are almost drawing themselves...or is it that her new pencil is alive?
Him... Eric Jordan is a new Ranger and the only son of the Councilman to his world. He's crossed the veil between dimensions to retrieve a lost stylus. But Storey is already experimenting with her new pencil and what her drawings can do – like open portals.
It... The stylus is a soul-bound intelligence from Eric's dimension on Earth and uses Storey's unsuspecting mind to seek its way home, giving her an unbelievable power. She unwittingly opens a third dimension, one that held a dangerous predatory species banished from Eric's world centuries ago, releasing these animals into both dimensions.
Them... Once in Eric's homeland, Storey is blamed for the calamity sentenced to death. When she escapes, Eric is ordered to bring her back or face that same death penalty. With nothing to lose, can they work together across dimensions to save both their worlds?
Faith and loyalty are tested as a young girl learns what it is to believe – in herself, in her friends, and in life after death.
Cassie's best friend, bad boy Todd, is gone. Gone as in dead. Gone as in ghost. But she doesn't realize that when he wakes her in her bedroom and begs her not to believe what they say about him. It's not until the next day when her parents tell her about the accident that she learns the truth... The police believe Todd was living up to the family name, drinking and driving and coming to a predictable end. It's up to her to find out the truth and clear his name.
Todd is shocked at his sudden change in circumstances...and angry. He struggles with his new ghostly reality, realizing all he's lost as he watches his brother build a relationship with Cassie as the two pair up to find out what really happened to him. The truth isn't always pretty, and Cassie has to be stronger than ever before.
Especially when the whole world seems to be against her.
A juvie kid trying to stay on the right path stumbles into trouble...
Gemma takes her camera everywhere. From juvie hall to a halfway home, the new hobby gives her a focus she'd never had before and...hope in a future. Until she takes pictures of something that could get her killed.
And not just her...after she and another juvie girl are chased by a stranger to the halfway home that same night, the other girl goes missing and Gemma knows she needs help. But who can she trust?
Not the authorities that's for sure. Trusting them is impossible for a girl with her damaged history, and besides, who cares about a troubled kid...especially when trouble just naturally seems to find her.
What she doesn't want...is exactly what he needs.
Shunned and ridiculed all her life for something she can't control, Samantha Blair hides her psychic abilities and lives on the fringes of society. Against her will, however, she's tapped into a killer – or rather, his victims. Each woman's murder, blow-by-blow, ravages her mind until their death releases her back to her body. Sam knows she must go to the authorities, but will the rugged, no-nonsense detective in charge of tracking down the killer believe her?
Detective Brandt Sutherland only trusts hard evidence, yet Sam's visions offer clues he needs to catch a killer. The more he learns about her incredible abilities, however, the clearer it becomes that Sam's visions have put her in the killer's line of fire. Now Brandt must save her from something he cannot see or understand...and risk losing his heart in the process.
As danger and desire collide, passion raises the stakes in a game Sam and Brandt don't dare lose.
Dale Mayer is a prolific multi-published writer. She's best known for her Psychic Visions series. Besides her romantic suspense/thrillers, Dale also writes paranormal romance and crossover young adult books in several different genres. To go with her fiction, she also writes nonfiction in many different fields with books available on resume writing, companion gardening and the US mortgage system. She has recently published her Career Essentials Series. All her books are available
in digital and print formats.
Family Blood Ties Series
Vampire in Denial
Vampire in Distress
Vampire in Design
Vampire in Deceit
Vampire in Defiance
Family Blood Ties Trilogy : Books 1-3
Design series
Dangerous Designs
Deadly Designs
Darkest Designs
Design Series Trilogy
Standalone
In Cassie's Corner
Gem Stone
Published Adult Books:
Psychic Vision Series:
Tuesday's Child
Hide'n Go Seek
Maddy's Floor
Garden of Sorrow
Knock, Knock...
Rare Find - Coming Soon!
Psychic Visions Set, Books 1-3
By Death Series
Touched by Death
Haunted By Death
Second Chances...at Love Series
Second Chances
Other Books:
Romance x3: An Anthology
It's a Dog's Life
Sian's Solution - a Family Blood Ties short story
Riana's Revenge - a fantasy short story