The Man of her Dreams: A Paranormal Romance Read Free

had kept her from thinking clearly, and now that he wasn’t touching her, she could really think things through.
     
    If she was really in control of things, then why had her legs buckled like that? Why had he been more aggressive with her? Why had Evan kept his eyes open earlier, and where were all those new tricks of his coming from?
     
    Suddenly, something clicked in Alexis’s brain, and she let out an audible gasp. Even from his spot out in the water, Evan heard it loud and clear, and as soon as he heard her gasp he started swimming back to shore. He crossed the distance in two smooth strokes and lifted himself out of the water effortlessly, droplets streaming off his body. He seemed to dry in an instant. As he walked toward her, she started scrambling in the sand, trying to stand up and get away as fast as possible. The desire she’d been feeling had now morphed into panic, and she was terrified of what the dream had brought her.
     
    “What’s the matter, Lex?” asked Evan. He tried to take her hand, but she pulled it back roughly and stepped abruptly away. She wanted distance between them. She wanted a whole field between them, a whole world. She’d suddenly realized why she’d felt so strange about seeing him in the water.
     
    “Evan can’t swim,” she said.
     
    The surface of the lake began to ripple violently, and the fields behind her began to shake as if from a strong wind. The dream-world was in danger of coming apart. She had seen this happen before, so she wasn’t as nervous about it happening as she was about the man who stood in front of her. She needed some answers, and fast, if she wanted to regain control of the dream. Evan wasn’t saying anything.
     
    “Who are you?” she demanded, staring into his face.
     
    She tried to maintain focus, but the dream was getting blurrier by the second. As she stared at him quizzically, she noticed with shock that his eyes, which had been blue just a second ago, had turned to a dark, glowing amber. A chill went down her spine. What’s happening?, she thought frantically. The sky clouded over, and a loud thunderclap echoed through the air. She looked down at her sundress, and gasped with horror as she realized it had turned to filthy rags.
     
    As she looked on helplessly, the ground dissolved beneath her, and she began tumbling head over heels through a monochromatic abyss. It was too late. She’d lost control of the dream entirely.
     
    As she fell away from the dream-world, she saw Evan staring down at her. “Answer me!” she screamed, but it was no use. He stayed silent, still watching her, somehow floating above the world as she fell further and further away from it.
     
    She became conscious of a persistent, throbbing noise, barely noticeable at first but getting louder as she fell, until it blocked out all her senses and enveloped her in sound…
     
     

Chapter 2 : Revelation
     
    Alexis woke with a start, her eyes flying wide open despite the bright sunlight streaming in from the window. She lay there for a moment, breathing hard, her mind running on overdrive trying to process what had just happened to her. “Oh, my God,” Alexis started mumbling to herself, without realizing she was doing it.
     
    That had never happened to her before.
     
    As she slowly calmed down, she realized her alarm clock was buzzing raucously. “That explains the noise, at least,” she said, and reached over to hit the OFF button.
     
    She sat up in bed, adrenaline coursing through her veins. Her heart was still pounding so hard that it made her chest hurt. She drew in deep breaths of air, still trying to calm down. She could think clearly now, but her body still hadn’t let go of the fear. Despite getting less than five hours of sleep, she felt totally awake, if not exactly refreshed.
     
    I guess a nightmare will do that to you, she thought to herself.
     
    But had it really been a nightmare? Her lucid dreams were never nightmares – they were always