Spotlight: Creatures of Myth Series + Giveaway

Let them Eat Cake
Creatures of Myth Book 1
by Ravyn Wilde
Genre: Paranormal Romance

 

One night. One body. Vampire Marie Antoinette discovers a legendary monster she can’t kill–and a fated love she might die for… (Read in order or as standalone.)
When Vampire Sentinel Marie Antoinette slams into a new evil preying on both the human and supernatural creatures under her protection, she reaches out for help. What she finds is a scorching new love with Justin–an all-too-fragile human male. He might have muscles and attitude, but he is human!
Justin’s last military assignment took all the joy out of his life. His father has the perfect solution–introduce him to someone with that same faraway look in her eyes. Justin has been dropped into a world he didn’t realize existed and discovers an unwanted and deadly attraction to a MUCH older woman. His inexperience with this new reality is liable to get him killed, or worse!
Marie can’t resist Justin. But they don’t have any time to figure out if their attraction is more than just physical. They must hunt a thousand-year-old cannibalistic monster that can’t be killed, rescue a young girl from a pack of rogue werewolves, and deal with Marie’s pompous ex-boyfriend. Will they live long enough to discover they are made for each other?
Let Them Eat Cake is the first book in Ravyn Wilde’s racy paranormal series, Creatures of Myth. This supernatural adult romance is filled with snarky humor and action-packed adventure. If you love sexy vampires, laugh out loud moments, and books bursting with mystery, suspense, and love–you’ll adore this!
Pick up Let Them Eat Cake today and come play with the Creatures of Myth!
Author note: This paranormal book contains lots of laughter, a few tears, steamy sex, and plots with a touch of terror. This includes rough handling and violence. The book deals with mature situations and has adult language. It is intended for those readers 18 and up.
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Written in the Ruby
Creatures of Myth Book 2

 

An ancient ruby with mystical powers. A deep and passionate connection between vampire and human. Madmen who will torture and kill for their secrets… (This standalone story is part of the Creatures of Myth series.)
Nicole Martin bought an adorable bungalow nestled on a vast estate. It provides the serenity and security she needs as an erotic romance author. Estate owner Zane Patrick is a gorgeous bonus, serving as sizzling inspiration for her novels. But when two shady government agents indicate he might be something other than human, Nicky’s overactive imagination kicks in. Perhaps it’s time to get to know the neighbor…
When Zane sold the house to Nicky, he created his own personal hell–every time she writes a sex scene, he witnesses every intimate detail in his mind. He shouldn’t get involved with his luscious neighbor, but cold showers can do only so much. When he learns of the agents’ accusations, he and Nicky explore their motives…and their lust for each other.
When Nicole is kidnapped by Human First fanatics, Zane would do anything to rescue the woman who might be his life mate. Including making a deal with Vlad Tepes. Will Zane rescue Nicky? Will they live long enough to discover the ruby has chosen them as fated mates?
Written In The Ruby is an insta-love, fated-mates, hard-earned happily-ever-after story. (They work hard for that happiness.) It is the the second book in Ravyn Wilde’s racy paranormal series, Creatures of Myth. This intense supernatural romance is filled with snarky humor and action-packed adventure. If you love sexy adult vampire stories, laugh aloud moments, and books bursting with action, suspense, and love–you’ll adore this!
Pick up Written in the Ruby today and come play with the Creatures of Myth!
Author note: This paranormal book contains lots of laughter, a few tears, steamy sex, and plots with a touch of terror. This includes rough handling and violence. The book deals with mature situations and has adult language. It is intended for those readers 18 and up.
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Magic & Myth
Creatures of Myth Book 3

 

This Creatures of Myth Wilde Trio story collection includes: Undying Magic, Uncontrolled Magic, and Unholy Magic. The De’Angel family are Druid Mages. They are intensely powerful, magically erotic, and several centuries old. They keep the human world safe and the paranormal world hidden. (This standalone book is part of the Creatures of Myth series.)
Undying Magic In a race against time Jane and Ricardo search for mermaid scales, zombie toenails, Druid lust-sweat… You know–the usual potion ingredients to resurrect a Vampire!
Uncontrolled Magic What happens when a were-dragon propositions a very hungry vampire? He ends up naked and chained to a wall…among other things!
Unholy Magic Franco has loved Tehya since the moment they met. As a human woman, she could never survive in his world. Or could she?
Magic & Myth is an insta-love, fated-mates, hard-earned happily-ever-after book. (They work hard for their happiness.) It is the third book in Ravyn Wilde’s racy paranormal series, Creatures of Myth. This intense adult romance is filled with snarky humor, supernatural suspense, and action-packed adventure. If you love sexy dragons, werewolves and vampires, along with a little spine-tingling terror and laugh out loud moments–you’ll adore this!
Pick up Magic & Myth today and come play with the Creatures of Myth!
Author note: This paranormal book contains lots of laughter, a few tears, steamy sex, and plots with a touch of terror. This includes rough handling and violence. The book deals with mature situations and has adult language. It is intended for those readers 18 and up.
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Supernatural Speed Dating
Creatures of Myth Book 4

 

How do you save the world and explore the fragile–well–passionate beginnings of a new romance at the same time? (This standalone story is part of the Creatures of Myth series.)
Natasha spends every minute of her life upholding the GOTH motto, “Hurt can be fixed, there isn’t anything we can do about dead.” As Captain of the Guardians of True Humanity, there is always another paranormal bad-ass to hunt down. But Natasha’s mother and witchy-best friend think she needs a social life, so they’re forcing her to attend the Supernatural Speed Dating event. She doesn’t have time for this crap.
Dominic made a deal with the devil, or more accurately with one of his grandson’s. Now he is stuck in the hell of speed dating. His attitude changed the minute Natasha raised her head and met his gaze with laughing blue eyes.
Natasha and Dominic aren’t looking for a relationship, until the sparks fly and make them both wonder, what if? Then Natasha gets kidnapped, Dominic gets thrown in the dungeon, and the horror of missing and dead paranormal children consumes every minute of Natasha’s time. Can they save the world and each other?
Supernatural Speed Dating is an insta-love, fated-mates, hard-earned happily-ever-after story. (They work hard for that happiness.) It is the fourth book in Ravyn Wilde’s paranormal series, Creatures of Myth. This supernatural romance is filled with snarky humor and action-packed adventure. If you love sexy dragons, magic spells, kick-ass heroines, and nail-biting suspense–you’ll love this!
Pick up Supernatural Speed Dating today and come play with the Creatures of Myth!
Author note: This paranormal book contains lots of laughter, a few tears, steamy sex, and plots with a touch of terror. This includes rough handling and violence. The book deals with mature situations and has adult language. It is intended for those readers 18 and up.

 

Luke & Jezebel
Creatures of Myth Book 5
When the sparks fly between Luke & Jezebel in the middle of a Human vs. Other race war, they are both singed by the outcome. Will they discover they are fated mates before it’s too late?
(This standalone story is part of the Creatures of Myth series.)
In the year 2203, the tenuous truce between humans and Others straddles the line between hate rhetoric from the fanatical One Racers, and acceptance by more liberal humans. Angry cracks appear in this diplomatic accord when human children are kidnapped from their beds, and the Fae are blamed for their disappearance. Hired as the public relations expert for the Others, Jezi Longtree is excited to help the paranormal community restore its image among humans.
Her eagerness turns into intense aggravation when she meets her contact, Luke Skylord. As Sentinel for the region, the man is infuriating, arrogant–and sexy as hell.
Luke appreciates Jezebel’s creative talents immediately–as well as her luscious body.
Determined to make the voluptuous redhead his temporary bed-mate, his pursuit of the intriguing woman is relentless. When he finds himself on an unprecedented emotional roller coaster, Luke discovers there’s more to Jezebel than Double Ds.
Their passion may kill them if the One Racers don’t do it first!
Luke & Jezebel is an insta-love, fated-mates, hard-earned happily-ever-after story. (They work hard for that happiness.) It is the fifth book in Ravyn Wilde’s racy paranormal series, Creatures of Myth. This hot as Hades supernatural romance is filled with snarky humor and action-packed adventure. If you love sexy vampires, mythical Fae warriors, kick-ass heroines, hilarious family drama, and nail-biting suspense–you’ll love this!
Pick up Luke & Jezebel today and come play with the Creatures of Myth!
Author note: This paranormal book contains lots of laughter, a few tears, steamy sex, and plots with a touch of terror. This includes rough handling and violence. The book deals with mature situations and has adult language. It is intended for those readers 18 and up.

 

Adam & Eve: A.D. 2203
Creatures of Myth Book 6

 

There’s a wolf at the door! To prevent being scented and claimed by a werewolf, Eve has never forgotten to lock herself into her safe-room when the moon is full. Until now. (While this story can be read as a standalone – it is better when paired with book 5 in the series so you can discover what happens to Eve’s sister.)
Werewolves have one genetic breeding mate. During Lupine Moon they can scent and claim her. Eve refuses to allow an alpha male to dictate her life.
Adam has searched for his mate for years. As pack leader, his most important responsibility is managing volatile human/were relations. But his human mate has just been catapulted to the top of the One Racer’s Hit List.
This fanatic human purist group will stop at nothing to destroy Eve’s work and take her life. Can Adam convince Eve that being his mate is not a fate worse than death? More importantly–can he keep her alive?
Adam & Eve is an insta-love, fated-mates, hard-earned happily-ever-after story. (They work hard for that happiness.) It is the sixth book in Ravyn Wilde’s racy paranormal series, Creatures of Myth. This supernatural adult romance is filled with snarky humor intrigue. If you love sexy werewolves, laugh out loud moments, and books bursting with mystery and love–you’ll adore this!
Pick up Adam & Eve and fall in love with something Wilde!
Author note: This paranormal book contains lots of laughter, a few tears, steamy sex, and plots with a touch of terror. This includes rough handling and violence. The book deals with mature situations and has adult language. It is intended for those readers 18 and up.

 

Midnight’s Mystery: Dragonkynd
Creatures of Myth Book 7

 

When a Dragon Lord kidnaps her fledglings, Midnight kicks his ass and gets the girls back. But then the Lord surprises her, overwhelms her with the help of a mysterious dragon-male, and hides her from her coven. (Can be read as a standalone or an alternate starting point for the series.)
Matei wants Midnight to become his ideal women. All she needs to do is wear more clothes, stop saving humans, and quit using her magic. She is going to kill him. She has no interest in staying home and playing house!
Midnight is overwhelmed fighting eco-terrorists and three fledgling Dragon Witches who want to stretch their wings. Realizing dragonkynd is almost extinct–she is now forced to search for a male of her species. But she doesn’t want one for herself, another member of her coven can breed the next generation.
Matei wants a submissive mate, just like his mother. But when his brother is kidnapped, he
discovers he needs the warrior in Midnight to save his brothers. These Dragon Witches don’t behave anything like what he was taught to believe a true female of their species should act.
Will Matei give up his dream of finding a submissive mate, and realize the depth of his feelings for Midnight? Can Midnight teach the overbearing, out-of-touch Lord how to survive in the real world? Even more important, will anyone live through the evil plot to annihilate the dragonkynd race?
Midnight’s Mystery is an insta-love, fated-mates, hard-earned happily-ever-after story. (They work hard for that happiness.) It is the seventh book in Ravyn Wilde’s paranormal series, Creatures of Myth. This ménage romance is filled with snarky humor and action-packed adventure. If you love sexy dragons, magic spells, kick-ass heroines, and nail-biting suspense–you’ll love this!
Buy Midnight’s Mystery today and come play with the Creatures of Myth!
Author note: This paranormal book contains lots of laughter, a few tears, steamy sex, and plots with a touch of terror. This includes rough handling and violence. The book deals with mature situations and has adult language. It is intended for those readers 18 and up.

 

UnDuplicated Magic: Children of the Dark Mage
Creatures of Myth Book 8

 

A Dark Mage intent on world domination. A binding love spell. Can Jason and Gypsy break their magically hot connection and save the world? (Can be read as a standalone – or part of the series.)
Jason Dark Eagle is a Native American Shaman. For centuries he has protected the innocent from the malicious world-altering attentions of a demon. Until an old friend demands he honor an old debt. When Gypsy walked into the Devil’s Boardroom, she took his breath away. The stunning woman looked like heaven and tempted him to forget all the reasons women like her weren’t a good idea. They were sweet, kind, human.
Gypsy Royal is a Romani Traveller, an undercover operator, and weapons expert trained to take care of herself. Some would call her a witch. But when her sister Rose disappears, she needs the help of an elite tracker. An old family friend sends her to Jason. Just looking at Jason was pure pleasure. And when he spoke, chills of desire danced down her spine. The man was trouble. But he was supposed to be the best man for the job. She needed his skills, in more ways than one.
Neither expected the immediate and magically enhanced attraction they had to each other. Can they break the magic spell? Do they want to? Both need to be able to think clearly when they discover there is more at stake than Gypsy’s sister.
The entire world is at risk from the evil plotting of a demonic Dark Mage. Can they survive long enough to unravel the mystery?
UnDuplicated Magic, Children of the Dark Mage is an insta-love, fated-mates, hard-earned happily-ever-after story. (They work hard for that happiness.) It is the eighth book in Ravyn Wilde’s racy paranormal series, Creatures of Myth. This intense adult romance is filled with supernatural suspense, alternate history, and action-packed adventure. If you love sexy shamans, gorgeous gypsy’s, and a host of dragons, and vampires–not to mention a little spine-tingling terror and laugh out loud moments–you’ll adore this!
Pick up UnDuplicated Magic today and come play with the Creatures of Myth!
Author note: This paranormal book contains lots of laughter, a few tears, steamy sex, and plots with a touch of terror. This includes rough handling and violence. The book deals with mature situations and has adult language. It is intended for those readers 18 and up.

 

Autumn’s Awakening – Dragonkynd: Children of the Dark Mage
Creatures of Myth Book 9

 

Save the Children. Rescue the Clones. Kill the demon. In order to do those things Autumn needs to wake up the cranky, old-fashioned Dragon Lord, figure out who the HECK the dragon-male is… and get them to help. This Dragon Witch is going to rock their world! (This story can be read as a standalone or as part of the series.)
Let sleeping dragons lie – wasn’t an option for Autumn. She had to wake a hibernating Dragon Lord to save the humans. The entire world is at risk from the evil plotting of a demonic Dark Mage.
Nicholae woke to a different world. One where everything he’d been taught – and punished for – wasn’t true. Now if he could convince the Dragon Witch who woke him that she was his mate, he might live long enough to help her.
Autumn’s Awakening – Dragonkynd is an insta-love, fated-mates, hard-earned happily-ever-after story. (They work hard for that happiness.) It is the ninth book in Ravyn Wilde’s paranormal series, Creatures of Myth. This supernatural adult romance is filled with snarky humor and action-packed adventure. If you love sexy dragons, magic spells, kick-ass heroines, and nail-biting suspense–you’ll love this!
Buy Autumn’s Awakening today and come play with the Creatures of Myth!
Author note: This paranormal book contains lots of laughter, a few tears, steamy sex, and plots with a touch of terror. This includes rough handling and violence. The book deals with mature situations and has adult language. It is intended for those readers 18 and up.

 

Vlad & Veronica: Children of the Dark Mage
Creatures of Myth Book 10

 

Is their love enough to save the world from the insane plot of a megalomaniac demon?
Veronica has been kidnapped – again. It’s up to Vlad to find her, save her, and then they can focus on finding the demon and destroying him before his clone army takes over the world.
While this story can be read as a standalone – it is better when paired with books 7, 8, and 9 in the series to follow the secondary plot – Children of the Dark Mage.
Vlad & Veronica, Children of the Dark Mage is an insta-love, fated-mates, hard-earned happily-ever-after story. (They work hard for that happiness.) It is the tenth book in Ravyn Wilde’s paranormal series, Creatures of Myth. This supernatural adult romance is filled with snarky humor and action-packed adventure. If you love sexy vampires, magic spells, kick-ass heroines, a dragon or two, and nail-biting suspense–you’ll love this!
Author note: This paranormal book contains lots of laughter, a few tears, steamy sex, and plots with a touch of terror. This includes rough handling and violence. The book deals with mature situations and has adult language. It is intended for those readers 18 and up.

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Ravyn Wilde is the author of the Zylar’s Moons, Creatures of Myth, and Out of THIS World series. She writes Hot romance filled with things that go bump in the night! Get Wilde with a werewolf, or vampire, maybe a dragon or two…or let an Alien hunk take you away from all your troubles. But keep track, because one and a while a story-worthy human comes along. These books have strong, capable women and happily-ever-after endings. Ravyn is a firm believer in escapism, preferring to read and write stories that have little basis in the real world.
Ravyn is passionate about her family, the beach, and the hammock in her backyard where she stares up at the treetops and formulates her books. Oh, and coffee…she’s very passionate about coffee. She has lived all over the western United States and in a few exotic places like New Guinea and Singapore. She is married with three grown children and a fabulously fun, expanding hoard of grandchildren.
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Spotlight: Redemption of the Gorgons + Giveaway

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Gorgon’s Price
Redemption of the Gorgons Book 1
by Claire Davon
Genre: Paranormal Romance

 

Euryale will never forget the day the gods turned her into a monster. After millennia, her heart beats faster at the idea of regaining her normal form. For the feel of skin and not scales, hair and not snakes. But the price could be too high.
 
Knowing full well the gods can’t be trusted, Euryale agrees to take on a reluctant partner to track down whoever is murdering a growing number of gods. A murderer no one cared about until the killings edged uncomfortably close to bigger and bigger pantheons. Tracking the murderers down is the price she has to pay for her newly restored form—and that of her two equally cursed sisters.
 
Asher’s unusual gift for eerily horrific sound effects make him a highly sought-after voiceover artist. While he keeps a low profile, there has always been a ticking time bomb in the form of the bargain between his banshee mother and his father, the god Ares. It’s time to pay up—or pay with his life.
 
As Euryale and Asher dance around their mutual mistrust, the friction ignites a fire of unexpected attraction. But love is almost as impossible as the dangerous task ahead. Because even if the murderers don’t stab them in the back, the fickle gods certainly will.
 
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Gorgon’s Quest
Redemption of the Gorgons Book 2

 

Thanks to her sister Euryale’s bargain with the gods, gorgon Stheno is back in human form—but far from comfortable in her skin. As the fiercest warrior of her three sisters, she mourns her tough, beastly hide and snaky hair.
 
The last thing anyone would call Stheno is girly—much less beautiful—but before she sets out to find her lost, mortal sister, Medusa, she googles a salon at random to cut off her annoyingly long hair. Her stylist is Marwen, a man with compelling, light-brown eyes that glow with an otherworldly light.
 
The last of Stheno’s unruly locks barely hit the floor when the first attack comes, and in a heartbeat they’re on the run. As their passion ignites, they realize they didn’t meet by chance. They’re both entangled in a prophecy drawing them inexorably toward one fated conclusion: Medusa. But there’s a faction working just as hard to make sure it never happens.
 
To save her sister, Stheno will have to face her fear—that once she unleashes her beast, Marwen won’t look upon her with love any more, but with horror.
 
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Gorgon’s Release
Redemption of the Gorgons Book 3

 

A prophecy has been set in motion. Only love can change its course.
 
Medusa awakens in an unfamiliar cave, catches a glimpse of her reflection in a pool—and screams. Her thick hide, claws, snake-hair, even her ability to turn anyone into a garden statue with a look, all gone.
 The heart-stopping beauty that caused her and her sisters’ downfall is restored.
 
Confused, uncertain, vulnerable in her weak human body, she sets out across an unfamiliar countryside, where she meets a stranger from whom she can’t tear her once-deadly gaze.
 
The first time Olivier lays eyes on Medusa, awareness hits him low and hard. Her penetrating gaze ignites desires deep in his psyche, and an awareness that brought him across an ocean to await the answer to his great-grandfather’s cryptic message: Now is the time.
 
A secret in Olivier’s bloodline could help Medusa fulfill a prophecy to cause the downfall of the gods. But as they race to discover its final missing pieces, the truth becomes clear. They could be pawns in a hidden struggle for power. One wrong move, and their future could be lost like stones in the sea.
 
 
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Claire can’t remember a time when writing wasn’t part of her life. Growing up, she used to write stories with her friends. As a teenager she started out reading fantasy and science fiction, but her diet quickly changed to romance and happily-ever-after’s. A native of Massachusetts and cold weather, she left all that behind to move to the sun and fun of California, but has always lived no more than twenty miles from the ocean.
In college she studied acting with a minor in creative writing. In hindsight she should have flipped course studies. Before she was published, she sold books on eBay and discovered some of her favorite authors by sampling the goods, which was the perfect solution. Claire has many book-irons in the fire, most notably her urban fantasy series, The Elementals’ Challenge series, but writes contemporary and shifter romances as well as.
While she’s not a movie mogul or actor, she does work in the film industry with her office firmly situated in the 90210 district of Hollywood. Prone to break out into song, she is quick on feet and just as quick with snappy dialogue. In addition to writing she does animal rescue, reads, and goes to movies. She loves to hear from fans, so feel free to drop her a line.
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Spotlight & Excerpt: Marked + Giveaway

Marked
Dark Kindred Spirits, #1
Athena Floras
Young Adult Paranormal Romance
Out November 21st, 2020
ASIN: B08MBNHBR7
Number of pages: 108
Word Count: 19 679
Cover Artist: Nicholas Mallet

When all hope is lost, love will find a way.

When there is darkness, seek the light…

Sebastian Falls has known his fair share of pain and sorrow in his life. His world is one filled with evil and danger. He’s learned to keep his emotions to himself and not let anyone get close. It’s the only way to not get hurt. But when he meets Ariel Olivier, the shy, awkward girl in his class, he wonders if he should continue to stay in the darkness. There’s something about Ariel that makes him want to let her in.

Ariel Olivier never knew when she got a tattoo on her eighteenth birthday that her whole world would change for the worse. From that moment on, her normal, mundane life turned into something sinister. An evil grows within her and it threatens to consume her and all those she cares for.

There is only one person who can help her vanquish what wants to destroy her, the alluring, mysterious Sebastian Falls. She can’t help but be drawn to him. He comes from the same evil world that is trying to kill her. Can she trust him and her growing feelings or let whatever dark power that is controlling her take over completely?

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Excerpt:

Ariel Olivier’s
wandering mind never rested. It kept her occupied at the most inopportune
times, like right now in her Humanities’ class. Mr. Brentwood’s monotone voice
as he read a passage in the reference book on religion and its influence on
politics was the driving force propelling her thoughts away from the subject
matter.

This was her
least favorite class. She probably wouldn’t have chosen it if another
Humanities subject was available in the same timeslot. But there hadn’t been,
so she was stuck with this boring class and Mr. Brentwood’s unemotional and
slow-paced teaching methods for the rest of the semester.

The squirrel
doing a balancing act on the powerline outside her window had her undivided
attention at the moment. It seemed to stare at her, urging her to open the
window to let it in. It was cold outside. The puissant wind blew the fur on its
puffy tail, making it shiver.

If she could do
it undetected, she would have let it in. She hated to see it suffer.

When the
squirrel saw she wasn’t budging, it scurried farther down the powerline,
searching for another opportunity to come into the building.

She sighed,
glancing down at her watch. There was only a few more minutes of class left and
then her school day would be over.

She couldn’t
wait until she was out of the school. Throughout the entire day, she worried
someone would realize it was her birthday and wish her best wishes.

She hated
drawing attention to herself. She was shy and reserved. She felt the most at
ease when she could sit in class or in the library and not be seen or heard.
Being invisible was what she thrived for, because it meant freedom without
prejudice. No one could criticize her bad posture when she sat or how her hair
curled untamed. Or how she wore only monotone colored clothes and hated
patterns of any kind.

She could be
herself and not be judged for any quirks, odd habits, or preferences she might
have.

Mr. Brentwood
flipped the massive textbook closed. The echoing noise it produced sliced into
the silence drawing her out of her reverie. She blinked focusing on his words.

“That’s the end
of today’s lesson. I’d like you all to read the next chapter in the book and
we’ll discuss it on Tuesday.”

All of a sudden,
he honed his gaze onto her and he smiled. “I almost forgot one very important
thing to mention before you go.”

She shifted her
eyes and fidgeted in her chair. Somehow, she knew what he’d say next. She
should have expected it. He always did it for all of his students.

“It’s Ariel’s
birthday today. She turned eighteen. Please wish her along with me a happy
birthday.”

All eyes turned
to look in the direction Mr. Brentwood focused. Only a couple of the students
knew immediately she was Ariel. The rest seemed to have noticed her for the
first time, as if they never knew she existed before now.

She felt her
cheeks burning. She wanted to crawl under her desk and hide.

* * * *

Sebastian Falls
witnessed the chaos from afar. He cringed noting the scene was stressing Ariel
out.

He didn’t know
her personally. They’d been in the same Humanities class for the past month and
had never spoken to one another. But from the frequent times he’d observed her
from the back of the classroom, he could tell she was a lot like he was, an
introvert who didn’t like talking in class.

Too bad Mr.
Brentwood hadn’t figured that out yet. The worst thing he could have done, he
did. Drawing everyone’s attention to the fact it was Ariel’s birthday was
freaking her out.

Her cheeks
turned beet red and she couldn’t keep eye contact with the students as they
swarmed in and offered her happy birthday wishes.

He even caught
her eyeing the door. She obviously was contemplating running the hell out of
there. If he were in her shoes, he probably would have been thinking the same
thing, except his reason was different from hers. She was shy and awkward. He
just hated crowds and wanted to be left alone.

Grabbing his
books, he made his way out, avoiding the traffic jam around her desk. It was
getting too busy and too noisy for his liking. Peace and quiet were what he
thrived for. He couldn’t get it at home, but he made damn sure to get it at
school.

He walked into
the hallway and leaned on a random locker waiting for the perfect time to act.
He had no idea how long he’d have to wait—a minute, ten minutes, or even half
an hour. But he didn’t mind. It would all be worth it in the end if everything
fell into place like he planned.
 

About the Author:

Athena Floras is a wife and proud mother of three who loves to read and write suspenseful and romantic stories. When she isn’t busy being a mom, she spends her spare time in her den, totally immersing herself into the whimsical, fantastical world of fiction. She hopes the stories and characters she creates will bring readers as much pleasure and entertainment as they have her.

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