Shadow-Land - Heather Parsons (bill gates book recommendations TXT) 📗

tracked down where they are keeping Travis. It's in a cabin right outside of Wolf Creek. Richard owns it but there are more now than just the two of them. As Ulrey has told you, your life is more important than Travis but we will try to get him out." He stopped talking, because she was shaking her head no.

"Your wrong about that. Travis is just as, if not more important than I am. Jake we have to get him back." The tears were falling faster now and her breathing became raged. After a moment of unwelcome silence, she spoke again. "I know this cabin your talking about. I've been there before." The looks she was getting from the different faces was a mixture of shock, anger and some were fear. The different emotions all ran through her as well. "How do you know all this?" That should have been her first question but she was so caught up with everything else, that she had forgotten.

His head dropped, telling her that this wasn't the question he wanted me to ask. Was he hiding something important, maybe something to do with the others. Sierra watched as he pulled his chair over to sit in front of her. Still looking down when he spoke, "back in high school, I used to run with them. All of us fairies used to run together, even your Travis." Humph...well she hadn't established that he was hers yet, but anyway. "We went our separate ways when Richard and Janice started doing things that Travis and I didn't approve of. More to the fact that they chose to take a different path, per say. But I was with them long enough to know that if they really want something bad enough, they'll find a way to get it. What they want is you. I will not let that happen. Believe it or not neither will Travis." Yeah right, that's why the last time she had seen him he was laughing at me. Sure whatever you say, Jake. "Travis made a fatal mistake with you. He made his job personal. He was just supposed to watch and protect but he took it a step further." Like he wasn't trying to do the same thing. Uh..huh!
"He lusted after you and lust is a very dark emotion to us. Just feeling this way has made him vulnerable to them. That will be his downfall." What the hell? Lust? Is that what it was. Well that's news to her. Thanks so much for that information. Humph...

"So let me get this straight. What you are saying is this is my fault? I'm too blame?" No matter his answer, she knew the truth. It was her fault. She should have never allowed herself to get close to him. None of this would be happening now if she would have kept her distance.

"Sierra let me explain." He stood up and grabbed her wrists. Pulling herself off him, she too stood and marched herself back to her room. Once she was at the doorway of the chamber, she turned back around.

"If what they want is me to free Travis then that is what I'll give them." With these final words, she stomped back to her room.

Reaching her bed, she collapsed on it. Exhausted by her thoughts swirling around in her head. Because she fell in love with Travis, he will surely die. Her thoughts came to a stop when she remembered something important. Ulrey said that they were supposed to watch and protect and nothing more. Emphasizing on nothing more. Travis and her crossed that invisible line and now he was going to pay the price. She felt her body tremble and the walls were spinning out of control. Sierra reached her hand out for something steady to hold on to. Anything to make this stop but there was nothing there.

Suddenly and almost forcefully, she felt strong arms wrap themselves around her. The room stopped spinning and her trembling cease. "It's okay Sierra. Your safe here. Just promise me you won't go to them. Please it's very important." The only thing she could do right now was nod. Promising him she wouldn't go. That right there broke her heart in two. No matter what Travis has done to her, her feelings for him will never change. Yes it will take time to patch things up again but she still love him. And as long as that's there, she was hoping we will survive.

"There have been a few fairies that have fallen for their assigned humans. Most that have, have had to answer to him." He pointed up when saying that and she understood immediately. They had to answer to god for their actions. "Travis, if he makes it, will still have to answer to him. Explain his actions and if he survives that then he'll truly come back. Sierra, there's a lot at stake here. Most of all your life. I know you don't understand why your so important but when he," he pointed up again, "assigns a certain human we all pay attention. I can tell you one thing for sure, it doesn't happen very often. You are the first one in over hundred years to have been assigned to us and your life means more to us than our own. Travis knows this more than we do. He knows the reason why god chose you. If Richard and Janice find that reason out then we will fight to the death to protect you. Myself included." I turned her head to look at him, trying to find a reason why he'd stopped talking. His eyes were closed and his breaths were shallow. The closeness between us was too much for him to handle. Cautiously she peeled herself away from his embrace and stood on her own.

"Ulrey, we can't fight them. I won't let you put yourself in harms way for me. We have to find another way to solve this." She sat on the edge of her bed and thought. "I have friends who will help. Their friends of Travis' as well. They are human as far as I know and they've protected me through the years as well." Sierra thought of their names Teri, Dean, Joseph, and Carmen. They would help she was sure of it. God please let her be right about this. She closed my eyes and prayed silently.

"Your friends you say are humans?" He didn't quite put that as a question but she was sure it was supposed to be.

"As far as I know but then again I also thought Travis and Jake were humans as well." The look he gave her was quizzical.

"So your not sure?" Now this was starting to annoy her. Didn't she already state that fact. Shrugging her shoulders seemed the best way to put that. But she could be wrong, by the way he was looking at her. She was sure she was wrong now. "Jake, do you know of these friends Sierra is talking about?" Ulrey asked while looking at her. Raising her eyebrow, she thought he wanted me to answer. Jeez, didn't he ask Jake or was she imagining things now. He started tapping his foot waiting for an answer and the only thought that came to mind was, impatient much?

"Your friends have special gifts but your right they are only human." His voice made her jump. She didn't expect to hear him, she expected to hear Jake's. "You have to know, we are few now and can not protect them." Whoa..wait a minute.

"Your saying if they agree to help, and I say again agree too, then you will not even try to protect them?" He shook his head no. That made me mad. "I will not call upon their help if you can not protect them as well. I will not send them to die for me." Sierra stood up and crossed her arms. This was either going to work or it would not.

"That is your choice." He stated calmly, turning around and walked out of the room. All her frustration was building up and she was going to explode soon. She could feel it.

"Ugh!!" These so called fairies are getting on her last nerve. If they are willing to fight and die for her then why is it so hard to do the same for someone else. She walked over to the window and opened the curtains. The strangest thing she has ever seen was on that wall. The window was a small rectangular shape, maybe five inches tall and ten inches wide. She laughed out loud, the curtains reached from the ceiling to the floor to only cover this small and tiny window. It was the dumbest thing she has ever seen. Why would someone go through so much trouble to cover that up (pointing up at the window)?

"Sierra close it before someone sees you!" Jake burst into the room, pulling the curtains out of her hands and closing them up.

"You have got to be joking. No one can see in through that window. Hell I can't even see out without a ladder." She laughed so hard, she had to sit down. Jake just stood by the window watching her. He looked concerned and confused. "Why would someone go through all the trouble in putting up huge curtains for that tiny window?" Sierra wrapped her arms around her waist for support and looked down. Every time she glanced back up, she started laughing again.

"Sierra, I don't know why you think it's so funny. This window is the length of the entire wall. What if someone would have seen you? What would you have done then?" His seriousness was killing her mood. Taking the chance she looked up at him and saw that he was nothing but serious. Quickly looking back down, she turned away from the tiny window and faced the door. Safer this way, she told herself.

"Jake I'm sorry but the tiny window...ha ha ha...oh good lord. Seriously now, I don't see the big deal about someone seeing me." Although she had stopped laughing, she couldn't keep the smile off her face. He was being way to serious now but really she didn't see the big deal. So what if someone saw her, they did all the time. Almost everyone knows her face.

"You don't see the window? Please tell me you can see this window." He walked between where she was sitting and the curtains. Only out of the corner of her eye did she see this. Then he opened one side up to prove to her what he saw. Tapping on it. The sound that she heard echo was him hitting the wall not glass like he thought