Watch Me: Teen Paranormal Romance (A Touched Trilogy Book 3) Read Free Page A

would finally get a happily ever after.
    I simply had to do my little part and that meant being late for class.
    “Hey, I need to go find Lily. I’ll see you in class,” I said to Bianca and took off before she could ask any questions. I turned the corner and saw exactly what I’d expected. Micah and Lily were kissing right in front of her locker.
    “So, can I just break it to you now?” I asked over Micah’s shoulder.
    They slowly pulled apart to glare at me.
    “Micah’s happy. Lily’s happy. You’ll stop macking on each other right before Mrs. Ellis turns the corner and gets ready to remind you about appropriate student conduct and later today Jaime’s gonna tell you that she’s going home.”
    “What?” Micah and Lily said at the same time.
    I held up a finger, motioning for them to wait.
    “Mr. Davidson, Ms. Matlin, do I need to give you a reminder about appropriate student conduct?” Mrs. Ellis’s said as she stopped beside us.
    They dropped their hands and took a step back from each other.
    “No, ma’am.” Micah coughed into his hand in a poor attempt to cover his laugh. Mrs. Ellis gave him a stern look and then walked off.
    “I rest my case. See you Thursday, Micah.” I sauntered off, a smug grin stretched across my face. I glanced over my shoulder and sure enough, the two of them were again completely absorbed in each other.
    I almost made it to class when I noticed Sebastian heading the opposite direction. I tried to steer through the crowd to get to the other side of the hall, but the rush of people forced me even closer to him. A few feet from him, the haze I had seen earlier hit me and I was consumed by a vision.
    The images flashed so quickly I barely recognized half of what I was seeing, but what I did was terrifying.
    Everything was red and black. Sebastian. Blood. Gun. More blood. People falling. Lily screaming. Her hands pressed to Micah’s chest. Nadine and Andrew on the ground. Sightless eyes. Dark sky. Red rain. Rivers of blood.
    Then the vision was gone, and the horror of what I’d seen sent me to my knees. The pounding of my racing heart and the roar of blood pulsing through me muted the sounds of people around me. I struggled to take in a breath as terror and sorrow crushed me.
    “Chloe?” Lily’s voice came from far away, and I pulled myself away from the images. She laid a hand on my shoulder. “Are you okay?”
    I swallowed and got to my feet shakily. “Yeah, I just... Could you...?”
    She nodded and placed her hand on my shoulder. With her healing touch, my terror was gone, replaced by a sense of calm that let me focus on the impossibility of what I’d seen. Micah, Nadine, and Andrew couldn’t die. Not yet. I knew they would have long lives. Micah was Lily’s future, her ‘till the end love. Andrew would outlive me by six months, and Nadine would live even longer.
    So, what had I seen if not the future?
     

Chapter 2
     
    I wished I were like Lily. She was so sensitive to other peoples’ feelings that the vision I’d had of Sebastian future would have torn her apart. I wanted to be like her because sometimes I felt like an emotionless bitch. Even Phoebe, with her complete insensitivity, was more emotional.
    But that just wasn’t me. At least not on the inside. Oh, I could put on a sympathetic face and I could tell when someone was pissed or sad and sympathize. Understanding social cues was my thing, a trait I was sure I received double of to make up for Phoebe’s complete lack of skills. It was the actual feeling for them that I didn’t seem to have. Not anymore. And I blamed that on my ability to see the future.
    Seeing the future was a window into the unknown. A glimpse at would never be, at all of the lost love and opportunities, at the way a person’s stupidity would cost them everything they thought they had. It’s hard to feel sorry for someone, knowing they caused their own downfall.
    For those times when their devastation was unexpected and