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About Deception

What if your whole life was a lie?

Alexis Ferguson thinks she has everything figured out, but has no idea how wrong she is. Set up on a blind date, she meets a gorgeous stranger and feels that she’s known him her entire life, but she has never seen him before. 

He awakens in her long-forgotten dark memories, and now she must face the one who ordered her death years ago. Will she learn to use her strange new powers in time to save herself? Will she let him help her? Should she trust him?

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Excerpt

As I stood in the woods, the hair on my arms and neck stood up and I knew that I was being watched. Here it was—the moment of truth. It was of little comfort to know that at least I wasn’t going to get mauled to death.

I listened for a heartbeat to reveal the location of my predator. I was surprised that I didn’t hear anything big enough to be any kind of a threat. There was no heartbeat louder than a rodent or a small bird.

I listened for anything unusual or any sound that would give me a clue as to where the animal or person might be. I didn’t pick up anything that seemed out of place.

I wanted to run up a tree and use my senses from there, but I had to stand exposed in the middle of the stupid clearing and wait for my predator to show itself or until I could track it down.

The hairs on my arms and neck continued to stand on end, alerting me to danger. Then I realized that the only times I have felt this particular feeling had been when a vampire had been near me. I felt it when both Brooke and Cliff had showed up in my room and when I first met Clara. That explained why I couldn’t hear a heartbeat.

My heart started racing. Was Clara messing with me, or was there possibly another vampire in these woods?

I swallowed slowly and used my vision to look for a vampire hiding in the woods. I noticed that my night vision had improved significantly, even since the last time that I was out there. I slowly began to turn around to see if my senses would alert me to the direction where the vampire was hiding.

When I had made three quarters of a turn, I felt for some reason that I had reached the direction that I needed to focus on. My skin was crawling with the sensation of being watched, and I wanted to scream from both frustration and fear.

I looked around intently. I felt like I was staring at one of those pictures where you are supposed to see a hidden scene if you let yourself go cross-eyed. I never could find those hidden scenes, but hoped this would be different.

My nerves were shot and I did not feel like putting up a fight. I wanted to crawl back into bed, but my life might be on the line, so that was not an option.

Finally, I thought I saw something. It looked somewhat like a head, hiding and blending in between some bushes. I took a deep breath and braced myself. I thought that my mind might be playing tricks on me, but I was pretty certain I was looking at the head of a vampire who was causing all the distress on my senses.

I heard a small rustle, and nearly jumped and ran off. I looked to my left and saw a small mouse scurrying along a branch. My heart was racing and I was sure that the vampire knew it too.

I turned my attention back to the vampire that was watching me. I could not tell if I was truly in danger, or if it was just having fun scaring me. I was glad that at the very least, it couldn’t read my mind.

I could feel myself start to crouch down a little, and I was gaining some confidence. My senses all intensified at once, and I was sure that I could smell him or her.

I couldn’t believe it when I started walking toward the vampire. In my mind, I screamed at my legs to stop, but they refused to obey. I continued to walk directly toward it, as if it was the prey, and I was the predator.

When I had gone about twenty yards, I could see it smile. That infuriated me and I wanted to attack the prideful thing.

“Show yourself!” I commanded with much more confidence than I actually felt.

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