Broken dreams are easier to live with when you ruin someone else’s,too. She may not be alive to see it, but I guarantee you she has. I wanted to be something other than what my father expected of me and wished my mother didn’t want a daughter so badly. Rebecca made me think there was hope for me and believed that I could actually be a good person. ( Read more... )

Once they arrived, Grace was nervous. Kalika had to do the heavy lifting and unlike them, she didn’t know what the outcome would be. “You’re different. Where did you get that from?” the queen’s handmaiden asked. “It was a gift from my grandmother,” Kalika replied. It would get them in faster and grab her attention. “I see. It’s attracted the queen’ ( Read more... )

When Grace, Malachi and Rianna got to the past, they were nervous. “Are we at the right moment? If we’re here too early, he’ll know.” Grace didn’t want to take any chances and she had honestly become comfortable. Agares hadn’t interfered in some time and she didn’t think he had any reason to.

“I don’t see why not. We’re not using a machine, we’re ( Read more... )

After Malachi fixed his mistake with Lex, he decided to go meet Grace and Rianna. Rianna screwed up more, but Grace did need to help with a few things. He went to where they were hiding and knocked on the door. “Why are you here?” Grace asked, a surprised look on her face. “Uriel gave me grave news. This is after I got yelled at. I don’t get why no ( Read more... )

Once they arrived in the past, Kalika made sure to hide the machine in an ancient cave. “This is amazing. Well, the machine, that is. If this is the empire you raved about, I’m not impressed,” Tristan remarked. “Oh, shut up. It’s 580 A.D. It’s advanced for ancient times,” Adam said angrily. “We’re that far back?” Tristan was shocked and had no idea ( Read more... )

“Who would? What are you talking…about,” Tristan said as he came in. “Hi,” Kalika said softly. “You’re alive!” he said as he barreled towards her. He had never gotten over his sister’s death, he hated his family and life had never been the same. “No, she’s not.” Laia wasn’t blind and her mother had no aura.

“What are you talking about? Yes, she is- ( Read more... )

Once they got to Shadowcliffe, Kalika was nervous. For all she knew, her uncle was home. He wouldn’t need to keep her from being born, he’d just kill her. “This place is hideous. You’d rather be here than with your own?” Adam asked. It reeked of lower beings, corpses and blood. “Home is where the heart is and mommy and daddy are my world,” Kalika ( Read more... )

Malachi had a decent, if uneventful life. He went to school, surfed on weekend and did his job. He didn’t do that well with girls, but he wasn’t really interested in the ones around him. He had high standards and his job consumed him. Things had been good this time for some strange reason, but he wasn’t complaining. He had heard from Grace and ( Read more... )

When Adam came in, Kalika sighed; it was awkward. She didn’t hate him yet, so she couldn’t yell. “Please don’t kill me,” he pleaded. “Help them get in and don’t stop them from destroying records of that machine. If my parents die because Varuk and the others have a stupid, half-assed plot for revenge, I’ll make you pay for it. You and Greta aren’t ( Read more... )

When Morgan and Lex tracked down Adam, he was by himself. Lex was glad and didn’t feel like being nice anymore. “Hey. Are you okay? Your aura is screwed up,” Adam asked.  “I’ll be fine once you get us in the Citadel,” Lex said bluntly. “Are you serious? They’ll recognize you and you’ll get killed,” Adam said. “Then make sure I get in,” Morgan said ( Read more... )