Faded Realms by C.R. Jane

Author:C.R. Jane [Jane, C.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

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What once was paradise now lays in ruins. I walk through the landscape that is burning up around me. The flames lick at my heels and the ash that I’m walking on burns the bottoms of my feet as I walk. My eye is intent on the horizon. The glittering white palace that had always beckoned me to it was nothing more than a smoldering pile of ruin.

I wake suddenly, the last vestiges of my nightmare sliding away before I can grasp it. I’m grateful for the reprieve of not recalling it clearly. My nights have been haunted even more by dreams lately and I wake up every morning more exhausted than the night before. I need a way to shut my mind off or stop whatever keeps stirring these nightmares that give me glimpses into a past that I no longer want to see.

I reach out next to me, expecting to feel warm smooth skin, but the bed is cold to the touch. I’m surprised to find myself alone in the bed. It’s not often lately that the guys willingly leave the bed without me, Damon especially. Ever since we’ve made up, he’s been even more protective than usual, not leaving me alone unless he knows that I’m with Mason and Beckham.

I get out of bed and slip into a robe, tying it closed as I walk out of the bedroom out towards the living room where I hear voices whispering something. When I walk into the room, I’m shocked to see the room has been completely transformed with Christmas decorations everywhere.

There’s an enormous twelve-foot-tall flocked Christmas tree standing in front of the floor to ceiling windows. Every inch of it is covered in twinkling white lights and red and gold bulbs. There’s garland strewn across the fireplace mantle, and gold and white reindeer situated strategically around the room. The dining room table has a long red table runner down the middle of it that’s trimmed in gold. There’s holly and white and gold candles all along the middle of it. The room has so many Christmas decorations in it that there are even red, gold, and white Christmas pillows on the couches.

I’m standing there in shock when I hear the guys’ voices coming from the kitchen. I walk in and find them studying a tablet closely, their heads bent together as they mutter back and forth, obviously trying to be quiet despite the fact that the baking seems to not be going well. There’s an assortment of various baking ingredients scattered around the counter, with flour on almost every surface. They’re so engrossed in their task that they don’t even notice that I’ve come into the room despite the fact that they all possess supernatural hearing.

I watch them, tears starting to gather in my eyes. With everything that had been going on lately, I had completely forgotten that Christmas was going to be here soon. I had never celebrated Christmas before. All of my foster families had either been too cheap, or too mean to bother doing anything for Christmas for their foster kids.

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