Eternity (Circle of Light)

by April Margeson

  “Mom, I’m going to go upstairs and get cleaned up.”

  “Okay sweetie. That sounds like a good idea.” she told me.

  I got up from the kitchen table. I was sure the wheels of her imagination were still turning full force. I would not be surprised if she did not have everything she thought of wrote down for me when I came back downstairs.

  There was a knock at my bedroom door not even two seconds after I closed it. It was Eric.

  He walked in and shut the door behind him. “Are you happy, my Queen?”

  “As happy as I could ever be.”

  True love. I had found it. Never in my life would I have dreamed that I could feel this way about another person. Every emotion. Every thought. All my dreams intertwined with his and his with mine. I only wish that every person in the world could love someone else as completely as we love each other.

  Eric was smiling, and come to think of it, I don’t think I had ever seen him smile so beautifully before.

  “I love you Bailey.”

  “I love you too.”

  I told him that I was going to get in the shower and that he probably didn’t need to be in here while I was doing it. My parents would not go for that at all.

  He nodded in agreement and turned for the door. Right before he went out of the room, he told me that I should be thinking about setting a date for the wedding. I glared at him. Why was everyone in such a hurry?

  After a long shower, I got out and dressed. Jeans and a simple t-shirt was what I picked. If I had my way, I would have put on some more pajamas and went back to bed. All the excitement of my birthday and Eric s proposal had made me sleepy. Maybe it was just the fact that I didn’t sleep very well last night. I tossed and turned, waking up every few hours, and then struggling to fall back asleep.

  I had to face the day anyway. Even my best excuses would not keep me away from all the talk about our wedding.

  I got the distinct impression that Eric was going to be just as pushy about it as my mom was going to be. I do not understand why we had to start planning it already. I wasn’t in any hurry. In my mind, we were already married.

  Many thoughts went through my mind. Things like getting a job and finding a place of our own were on the top of the list. And I do not think I am ready to leave my parents just yet. It’s not as if I get to see them all that much anyway. A feeling of being homesick came over me instantly, making tears well up in my eyes, but I had to face the fact that I was grown and was about to be a married woman. We couldn’t live with my parents; that was for sure.

  Swallowing back the overwhelming urge to flee the country, I went downstairs. Everyone was in the living room. Bridal magazines were lying all over the tables and the floor. Eric had one and was showing my mother something on one of the pages. Whatever it was had to be nice because Mom looked like she was speechless at the sight of it.

  They hadn’t noticed that I was standing in the doorway. I watched them quietly as Eric pointed out things and told Mom his ideas about the ceremony. She was writing everything down on one of her big yellow legal pads.

  Suddenly I heard Eric’s voice in my head, Are you really going to make me keep pretending that you are not standing there?

  I didn’t answer him right off, but when I did, I couldn’t hide the reluctance in my voice. I suppose not.

  Are you okay with this? I am getting the feeling that you are not.

  Yeah. I’m fine. It is just happening so fast. I don’t feel like I have had enough time to wrap my head around it, I said as I took my first step into the room.

  The truth is… I haven’t had enough time to wrap my head around all of this. Lord Raylan’s note had apparently taken the backseat to everything else. Or was it that Eric was trying to redirect my attention elsewhere. Who knows? All I know is that we are still in a great deal of danger.

  The only thing on my mind as of now is… Will we survive?

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  April Margeson lives in Tennessee with her family. She is always looking for beautiful pictures to take and new exciting stories to bring to her readers. Look for her new Paranormal Thriller series Waking Up Dead to be released from Cresco Books. Don’t miss her poetry collections, Random Scribbles and the highly recommended short story, Demon’s Death.

  Stay tuned for the next installment in the Circle of Light series.

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