Melody Unchained

Book Two

Alien Sabretooth Shifters

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Blurb:

Emerald (Em) has been in a tailspin since her best friend disappeared. She recalls bits and pieces of what happened, but nothing concrete. All this is pushed to the side when she realized someone is trying to kill her. Was it a dream, her imagination, or was she in real danger?

Jaydal has lived long enough to convince himself the only person he needs is Jaydal. When he uncovers a plan to kill Em, he must decide if being alone and lonely to pay a penance for a crime he didn’t commit was more important to him than Em’s life.

When a killer walk’s through Em’s dreams, will she ever wake up? Jaydal and Em must find out who is after her before she’s dead. If that happens humanity won’t be far behind.

Right, wrong, and self-defense battle it out for a chance to love the person you can’t live without.

This book is for 18 and older

Excerpt:

If only Jade hadn’t spent so much time talking about living versus surviving. Now all Em could think about was living. Getting up going to work and coming home no longer felt like living it felt like one of those reality shows where she was surviving but there wasn’t a million-dollar prize at the end.

She shook her head as she readied for bed. Prize or no prize tomorrow would be here sooner than she thought. A good night’s sleep one that didn’t include dreams of Jaydel was what she needed.

There were no dreams of Jaydel or feeling like she was a princess at her best friend’s wedding and coronation. She sank back in time until she was meeting her ex for the first time. He was tall, stunning, he took her breath away. He smiled his white teeth flashing his blue eyes wrinkling in mirth. The women around her almost fell to their knees, she was with them. How she wished she had kept walking.

He wined and dined her until she fell madly in love with him. Moving in was a no brainer and where her happy story took a more sinister turn. He wasn’t what he seemed to be. It started with the occasional put-down.

‘Are you going to eat that? You’re wearing that to dinner?’

As with all things, his words escalated and were soon followed by actions. At first, it was a harder than necessary hit on the behind. Then it became the twisting of her wrist. Soon it was punches and kicks and she was scared to leave.

This was a dream she knew it was a dream and yet she was standing in a corner afraid to draw attention to herself. Her dream ex stood in front of her his head bent almost as if he was waiting for orders.

“Humans aren’t very attractive I find it hard to see what they see in you. Beggars can’t be choosy. Isn’t that a human phrase? My sources tell me you’re the human’s best friend. Look at me when I talk to you!”

There was a cut against Emerald's arm that had her straightening up as blood poured from the gash. The pain combined with the hot iron scent of her blood made her reevaluate the dream world she thought she was in.

“Who are you?” She placed her hand over the wound trying to stop the bleeding.

“I’m your superior that’s all you need to know.”

She bit her lips stifling the urge to roll her eyes. He wasn’t the first male she met who thought he was better than women.

“Are you her best friend?”

“I don’t know who you’re talking about.”

“The one who calls herself queen.”

He was talking about Jade. She was now the queen of the Porcoyan’s as well as Em’s best friend.

“Who wants to know.” She wasn’t selling her sister/best friend down the river.

This time whatever he used to hit her cut across her thigh. She gave a scream as her leg buckled and she hit the floor. Was it possible to die in a dream? She didn’t want to die in a dream of the house she used to live in that was a nightmare for her. Closing her eyes, she tried to envision the wedding again, dancing like a princess in Jaydel’s arms. That was a nice place to die.

“Let me kill her.” She heard the words from far away. The words belonged to her ex, but he sounded like a puppet.

“If you could have killed her, she would have been dead by now.” The evil one said.

“I’ll take care of it.”

She felt his hand wrap around her neck. Tomorrow she knew her friends would find her dead. Would Jade find out and attend her funeral? Would anyone care?

One last dance. She twirled until she was in Jaydel’s arms.

“Why so fast? We have all night.”

“Jaydel,” she said his name on a sigh even as she felt the hand tightening around her neck. He looked down at her with his coffee-colored eyes. Human eyes weren’t the color of his. Why? He wasn’t human. She wasn’t supposed to remember that, but she remembered everything she was supposed to forget. Jaydel’s eyes were the color of coffee after you’ve added both sugar and a little too much creamer. They were that color brownish beige that people called light coffee. That was her favorite coffee and his eyes were her favorite color.

She coughed gasping for breath.

“Em?” he shook her. “Emerald, what’s wrong?”

“Dying. Evil guy killing me.”

“Show me.” She didn’t want to show him. There was no way she wanted her last moments to be spent in the place she was tortured. His voice went through her like a command she couldn’t resist, and she trusted him. She knew better never trust a man, but she trusted him.

They were back. Her ex still stood there a pale imitation of the man he was in life. The other male was there also. He backed up when Jaydel appeared at her side.

Jaydel dropped her arm and hit the floor going to all four. In his place was the largest animal she’d ever seen. It had fangs that hung ten or twelve inches from its mouth. It roared scaring the shit out of her. Whatever was wrapped around her throat let her go. She brought both hands up as she gasped for breath.

The beast turned its coffee-colored eyes on her before turning to stalk across the room to the evil that was backing up.

“There is nothing you can do to me. I’m coming after her. I’ll kill her and anyone connected with the abomination you call queen. I will rid the galaxy of every one of you.” His voice echoed in the room.

Jaydel jumped at him but he disappeared leaving nothing behind except the words that kept playing over in her head.

Someone wanted to kill her. She passed out not able to deal with her new reality. 

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