In the good news for the weekend, I started and am nearly done with reading The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong. It's a very good book and a real page turner once you get a little ways into it. I think it took me a few chapters to get hooked on it, but it's good once you get into it. I'll write a full review once I've finished reading it. It shouldn't take me too much longer. When I renewed it at the library I was told that it's on hold for someone else so I do need to hurry up and read it.
In light of my sinus troubles, this will be a short blog.
The music of the moment is on iTunes in my "Mel's Music" playlist. The band is Shinedown and the song is "Second Chance". I don't think this song is particularly related to any of my books exactly, although parts of it make me think of Train Wrecks. I just like this song and the words to it. Sometimes good-bye really is a second chance in your life. When I left my ex-husband, if I hadn't moved away to Massachusetts and away from everyone I knew and loved, I would have never met my husband, Jim. Saying good-bye to everyone I had known my whole life was the second chance I needed to pull my life together, grow up, and find someone to be happy with. So, that all being said, this is one of my favorite songs.
The excerpt of the day is set at the end of the football game and the beginning of the bonfire. This is getting down to the very last of the excerpts for this chapter and will end with a real cliffhanger so you may want to buy the book now! Check it out on Amazon.com or request that your local library order it in. Just look for Awakening of a Guardian by Melissa Petreshock.
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I felt a tightening knot in my stomach as the time for the bonfire neared. The six of us walked up to the field house to wait for Evander and Nate to come out. Both sets of parents admitted to not planning to stay for the bonfire. Nate’s parents both claimed to have to get up early for work the next day since they owned a bakery.
Evander’s parents were well aware of what was likely to happen during the bonfire, but not having any defensive abilities of their own, there was no point to them staying. All they would do was worry more than they already were. I knew they planned to spend the evening with my parents, waiting for word from us, hoping to hear we were all unharmed.
Once the guys came out and spoke to their parents, Thomas, Gloria, Adam, and Jennifer all left. Just before leaving, Thomas and Gloria gave me lingering hugs and I knew they were as worried about me as they were Evander. As his soul mate, he would be alone for the rest of his life if anything happened to me. They didn’t want that fate for him and desperately wanted us both to come home safe that night.
After their parents left, we climbed into our respective cars to head to the bonfire. Slowly, cars began to clear out of the field house parking lot. Students and some parents headed to the school parking lot where our cars became separated by the crowds of people who were making their way through the parking lot and walking around to the field behind the school where the bonfire had already been started. Evander and I ended up parking quite a distance from Nate and Amie. Something inside me knew that was going to be dangerous. Nate and Amie finally were able to find us in the crowd and we headed to the bonfire together.
A dee-jay had been hired and was set up nearby, playing all kinds of popular upbeat music. There were refreshment tables run by the football booster club where they were also selling t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies as they did every year. A crowd was already forming in the area around the fire. Some students were dancing and some were just hanging out.
I spotted Jackson in the middle of a large group of football players as the cheerleaders were leading some school spirit chants. I looked around him and spotted a man I assumed was his father. Jackson looked very much like the man who was about the same height as him and very similar in build. They had the same color hair, only the older man’s had a shorter cut to his. He looked like the man in my vision and I was sure now that the events were about to unfold over the next few hours.
Things started out smoothly. We tried to relax and enjoy the party, dancing, and talking to various friends. We all participated in the cheers led by the varsity cheerleaders, enjoying the win as much as anyone. Amie and I found ourselves separated from Evander and Nate over the course of the bonfire as they were pulled into the football team crowd and in the midst of the cheering and buzz of excitement.
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