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to the door to leave.
    “Thanks mom. But, isn’t tomorrow Friday? Don’t you have to go to work?”
    Her and my dad both look at each other and then back at me. “No, tomorrow is Saturday. You must have all your days mixed up. Today is Friday.” They both walk out of the room and shut the door behind them. I lie back down in bed and try to avoid thoughts of Luke and of a world called Terri so I can sleep.

 

     
     
    IT’S BEEN A week and it’s been so nice being home. The college excused me from classes this past week to get things back in order. I start back on Monday. Even though things have been good this week, I won’t lie. My mind has been going insane thinking about what Luke is doing, but I do pretty good keeping myself busy so I don’t think about it too much.
    I can smell breakfast, and my mouth begins to water. Dad must be the one cooking because the smoke detector hasn’t gone off yet. I sit up on the edge of my bed and stretch. I get up and open my curtains to look out my huge bay window. I sit down on the bench and stare at the snow falling. I get up and start to head out my door, when I hear something behind me. I quickly stop and turn around. Brody, Jett and Mason are standing in my room.
    Shocked, with raised eyebrows, I ask, “What are you guys doing here?!”
    “Luke has gone off the deep end!” Jett says, and Brody shoots him an evil stare.
    “Holly, Luke is going to marry Lana,” Brody says with a serious look on his face.
    “Isn’t that what we wanted to happen?” My heart skips a few beats.
    “Holly, you don’t understand. We had it all wrong. Lana’s family is too strong. We found out that Lana’s parents have been working with the Poyen, and they want to run our world together. It’s going to be terrible! They also have plans of taking over Earth, since they have found out it is possible to go from our world to yours. We also found out something even more important.”
    “What?”
    “There is a prophecy. There has never been a relationship between our kind and a mortal. But, there is a prophecy in our world stating that if it did happen, it would bring our two worlds together and create peace. Lana and her family know about this, but they don’t want peace. They want power. They want to control your world. When they found out that Luke fell in love with a mortal…” He pauses and looks at me to make sure I’m paying attention. When I nod my head, he continues, “They all went crazy.” Okay, he just totally sugar coated that statement by the look on Jett and Mason’s faces. Looking at me again, he continues, “Their plans and agreement with the Poyen are in jeopardy. They are going to force Luke into a marriage with Lana. Once the two are married, the bond can’t be broken. Their magic will mesh together, and it will be a bond they can’t break without one of them dying. The one who breaks the bond dies. Now that Luke has agreed to marry Lana, they have stopped searching for you.”
    “So, he didn’t really love me, did he? I am just part of some prophecy that was supposed to happen?” I feel dizzy and lean against the wall for support.
    Brody comes and stands in front of me, puts his hands on my shoulders and says, “No, Holly he did…I mean does love you. He has a free will. He could have chosen any mortal to marry him. But, he truly loves you. He doesn’t know about the prophecy. We have to stop him, but he won’t even speak to me. I was going to tell him we lied because we thought it was best, but he won’t speak to me, Jett or Mason. I hoped he would see it wasn’t true in a vision, but obviously he hasn’t or he would have come back for you. We found out about him and Lana getting married from our parents. They are getting married tomorrow. We have to stop him.” I turn my head to look at my bedroom door. I have to choose. I could go downstairs and continue with a normal life that I’ve known forever, or I could choose Luke, who I just met and who