Consumed

by Barb Shuler

  When I padded into my room I sat on the bedside and pulled the ponytail I had been sporting down. I ran my fingers through my hair, scrubbing the pads of my fingers along my scalp.

  A smile pulled at my lips hearing the small babble of noise from Alston. He was so cute. He talked when he slept. I let out a breath and moved to slide under my covers. The cool sheets sent a shiver through me. I glanced at the clock on the wall by the fireplace. One a.m…. hopefully Sebastian and the others would return soon. I loved waking up in his arms.

  Life had been full of battles recently, but the one thing it gave us in the end was life. The new life in our children. They’d learn that everything happens for a reason. It was the nature of time and the will of your soul to make your destiny yours. They’d learn to love openly, to love nature and to always be open with everyone. I was an optimist but I knew this would all work out.

  Our children would be the next generation of the Guardians of Angelicus. More powerful than the last. They were the beginning to something new and better. Our Future!

  CONSUMED ~ PLAYLIST

  After The Rain - Nickelback

  Always The Only One - Lee Brice

  Basement - Puddle of Mudd

  Dancing In The Sky - Dani & Lizzy

  Easier to Run - Linkin Park

  Everybody Hurts - Avril Lavigne

  Going under - Evanescence

  Hummingbird Heartbeat - Katy Perry

  Last Dying Breath - Sabaton

  Losing A Whole Year - third Eye Blind

  My Heart Will Go On - Caleb & Kelsey

  Now That We're Dead - Metallica

  Peace In The Valley - Kevin Costner & Modern West

  Same Same Stars - Sleepy Man Banjo Boys

  Shiroyama - Sabaton

  Smoking Snakes - Sabaton

  Unconditionally - Katy Perry

  About the Author

  I’m a Carolina Girl by right and a Texan by birth... so I have a Texas-sized temper. Living and working in both states I’ve learned a lot about hard work, adapting to your surroundings and making the best of the path that you have been led down. My grandma Dollie once told me I would know what I was meant to do when it happened. She was right, as always.

  As with most book lovers, I am an avid reader. Reading has always been a hobby - a passion, really. Reading helps to expand the perimeters of one's mind. That is what got me to start writing as a kid. If I had paper...or a wall... I was writing. Words are a part of us all. Why not use them, right?

  During the day I work as a ‘desk jockey’ and help the residents of my county navigate themselves around our little, but not too little country town. By night I am either blogging, doing PA work for some of my favorite authors or I am fighting with the voices in my head. (They can be stubborn at times.) It’s a way to cope and make the troubles of the day disappear, if only for a few hours. It’s a blessing and I am cherishing every moment. For that which is my creation, may become someone else's treasure.

  Tomorrow is never guaranteed so I want to make sure I live the day as fully as possible.

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