by Ashley Mason
Tessa shrugged, unable to make sense of it. “I thought so too, so did Penny. I mean, when I woke up in that morgue the paperwork was all right there. I thought they’d already done the autopsy and then left for break or something and I just…healed up. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe…I woke up before that and when I disappeared…” Tessa stopped talking, trying to figure out how this could have happened. All of this time, her parents had been looking for her, thinking that maybe she was still alive. “Someone must have broken in and changed the records, maybe even switched the bodies. That’s the only thing I can think of.”
Elijah tapped his fingers against the table then looked right at Harper who refused to meet his eyes. “You know what has to happen.” No reply. “Harper, damn it, this isn’t about you or me anymore. You know what she has to do.” Tessa waved a hand in front of Elijah, demanding his attention.
“Wait, what do I have to do? Hello, sitting right here. Don’t just ignore me like I don’t exist.” After a moment, Elijah stopped trying to get a response from Harper and sighed, looking at Tessa. “I'm not going to like it, am I?” He shook his head slowly.
“It’s really rather simple,” Rowena said, smiling cheerfully as she took Tessa's coffee and took a long drink. “You have to disappear, for good.”
To be continued in Book Two
About the Author
ASHLEY MASON, the author of UPON WAKING, was born and raised in Iowa and has always dreamed of becoming an author. For the time being, she works full time as professional dog groomer and a single mother, raising her daughter in a small town in Southwest Iowa.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading anything she can get her hands on, drawing and writing. She is currently working on the second installment of the Youngling Series.
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