Requiem by London Saint James

Author:London Saint James [James, London Saint]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2011-11-03T23:25:06+00:00

Chapter Twelve

WALK AWAY

Released from his gaze, I walked away from him and gathered my composure. It took a moment to come back into my current reality, but once back I knew the necessity of finding a way to stay away from Cayden Cain. While part of me wanted to live within the dream, allow myself to believe a lie by living a life in the past with Austin, I just could not. Cayden, though almost a carbon copy of Austin, wasn’t Austin nor could he ever be.

I needed to come to grips with the cold hard facts. The facts were Austin died sixteen years ago, and my life was no longer the same. And how could I overlook Cayden’s age? The visible difference between us would always remain. It’s impossible to hide the fact he’s fifteen years younger than me. Besides, he lived a life which was not my life. His life was one of, notoriety, wealth, fame, and surrounded by cameras, people clamoring for his attentions, and many, many beautiful women. So while something about my books may have captured him, he did not know me. The truth, nothing about me could ever truly capture Cayden.

Cayden paced across my room, cell phone in one hand with his other hand finding his hair. I witnessed him do something I saw Austin do a thousand times. Anxiously run his fingers through his hair while talking to someone about doing something he really did not want to do, but in the end he would do. I shook the thought, and reminded myself while Cayden knew my name, the color of my eyes; this could be due to my books. Yes, that’s it. All my heroines have dark green eyes. But then there’s my name. Logically, Cayden picked it up from my book. Cayden could not have really known my name before actually seeing it printed across the cover.

Cayden lives in a world which is not your world, Winter. The facts are I cannot find my life in Cayden’s life nor relive a life I never had. While I cannot deny the pull, the need to stay with Cayden and pretend, the facts are I am here to do a job, and I must get started. The sooner I finish this temporary obligation the sooner I can get back to the safety of my life in Colorado, leaving this life in New York where it belongs. This pretend, this pretense of a life in which I never lived.

I did not have time for distractions, not to mention dangerous distractions at that. I’d been playing with fire and could not allow the burn. If I did not stay away from Cayden, there would only be ensuing danger. Oh yes, the danger of dying all over again.

I cannot survive him. I’m not strong enough. Of this thought, I was absolutely positive.

Cayden’s silk ridden voice broke through my thoughts. “Winter.”

I turned to look at him, sadness filled me. “Yes?”

“I am sorry. I am late for a meeting but—”

“You need to go,” I said.

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