Chasing Starlight- Cassandra's Story by Jennifer Siddoway & Matilda Reyes

Author:Jennifer Siddoway & Matilda Reyes [Siddoway, Jennifer & Reyes, Matilda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

That afternoon, long after the kids and most of the staff had gone home to enjoy their weekend, I sat at my desk with a pile of unfinished reports and, despite the quiet, found it difficult to concentrate. The words blurred together on the page and a headache threatened my temples. My mind kept drifting to the daydreams that now followed me all day and made me smile. It had been five days since Michael and I kissed and, in each of those daydreams, I found myself falling more in love with him.

With an exhausted yawn, I glanced up to see it was five forty-seven. Michael was expecting me to come over in less than fifteen minutes and I was nowhere close to being done with these interim reports. Frustration built because I wanted to run out of the building and into his arms, but responsibility kept me locked in my seat. Sighing, I pulled my phone out of my bag and sent him a quick text to let him know I would be late.

“Cassandra…”

My eyes narrowed at the sound of my name coming from down the hall, and I set my pen down on the paper in front of me. No one besides the custodial staff was here last time I checked, and I didn’t know any of them well enough for them to use my first name. The hair on the back of my neck stood on end and I held still, hoping I’d imagined it.

“Cassandra.”

It was louder this time. I rose from my seat and went to investigate. Nothing about this felt natural and the enthralling voice bade me to follow. I glanced around my classroom one last time and found nothing out of the ordinary, so I decided to track down the owner of the voice. When I stepped into the hallway, there was a sparkling path of dust leading to the teacher’s lounge. It could only be created by someone fae, so I tensed. Apparently, I had a visitor.

What the heck is going on?

The only other fae in the school I knew of was Henry, and I doubted he was strong enough to pull off an illusion like this.

“Cassandra, I know you can hear me. Don’t dawdle.”

My eyes narrowed with frustration as I slunk down the hallway toward the source, following the trail to the open door down the corridor.

I swallowed hard when I approached the door to the quiet room and let myself inside. Standing with his back to me was a tall man with snow white hair and a midnight-blue velvet cape that swept toward his ankles. Embroidered into the fabric of his cloak were hundreds of little stars that twinkled, almost as if it was cut from the night sky.

“Do you take cream or sugar with your coffee?” the man asked me gently.

My jaw fell open as I beheld my birth father. “What are you doing here, Dad?”

Ellyllon turned to smile at me with a cup of coffee in his hand. “I thought it was time I paid a visit.

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