ROMANTIC FANTASY
Love, ancient tribal legends, secrets, time travel and magical powers collide in a compelling fantasy series
“Erika has brought a new kind of fantasy story into the realm of fantasy fiction. The narrative is magnetic and entertaining.” ~seriousreading.com
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Deep in thoughts I picked up my old teddy bear and absent-mindedly started stroking his soft artificial fur. He was my favorite childhood toy, stuffed to perfect softness. I fingered my pendant thinking about my parents when suddenly I felt something piercing the side of my neck. The sharp pain made me jump and I let out a muted cry. As I touched the skin over my carotid artery, I felt the warm wetness. Alarmed, I looked at my hand and saw smeared blood glistening on my fingertip. I almost dropped Teddy, alarmed, when I noticed that my fingers began to glow as if a bright red light turned on from the inside. At the same time, I felt something scurrying from the side of my neck toward my chest. I reached up and swept my neck and chest as I jumped up in disgust. Crap. It must have been a bug or a spider. The damned thing bit me. I thought. I looked down at my chest and swept my clothes frantically, looking for the bug.
A sudden swirling sensation took me by surprise. I grabbed the side of the ottoman to ste myself while everything began to fade around me. I tried to find a focal point to decrease the sudden vertigo and fixed my eyes on my teddy bear I was still holding. I noticed with escalating alarm that the toy’s button eyes took on a strange red glow. The plastic eyes seemed alive and the intense luminescence kept me frozen. I’m hallucinating, this is not real. I tried to turn away, but I couldn’t move a muscle. I couldn’t even blink. I was scared, never having felt such primal fear before. My heart raced, and my breath came in little puffs as I felt cold beads of sweat on my forehead. Adrenaline flooded my body triggered by a sudden fright, but I was afraid it might have been some poison from the bite, as well.
The strange sensation and hallucination stopped as quickly as it started. My hands felt and looked normal, and I became rational in an instant. I just sat there, feeling obtuse, wondering what had just happened. The entire sensation lasted only seconds, but it frightened me a great deal not knowing what caused it.