Far Away (Gypsy Fairy Tale Book Two) by Dana Michelle Burnett Page B

this just because your uncle was part of their little group?”
    “Do you know when your family came to America?”
    “No.”
    “Well, I do,” Alex said with a sip of his coffee. “My family came during the potato famine like a lot of other Irish immigrants, but back in Ireland, the men in my family represented one of the bloodlines of the sons of Mil. There has always been a select group, made up of each of the bloodlines, sworn to protect all of us from...”
    “The Tuatha De Danann,” I said since he faltered.
    Alec nodded, “Right.”
    “But the Mileans tried to kill me,” I argued. “And the Tuatha De Danann never hurt anyone.”
    He looked at me and shook his head, “Really?”
    “Yes, really,” I snapped. “All they want is to be left alone.”
    He smirked, “Do you really believe that?”
    “Of course.”
    Alec sat back in the booth and crossed his arms, “That's what they want you to think. They tempt mortals with the disguise of innocence and the promise of immortality, but it's all a lie.”
    “A lie?” I asked innocently, not wanting to reveal the secrets Kieran shared about their long lives and lack of aging.
    See... You don’t know everything Mr. Big Stuff...
    He motioned for a refill, “We know that the Tuatha De Danann are damn near immortal, so you can lose that smug look, that’s what they promise the humans that they take. You see, humans aren’t meant to live forever. The ones that do try to live with them eventually go mad and –“
    “Kill themselves,” I blurted out, remembering Kieran’s story about his mother.
    “Yes,” Alec said as he stared at me with eyes that burned with determination. “And I won’t stand by and let that happen to you.”
    My heart sank, “So you joined and then?”
    He leaned forward, resting his arms on the table. “No, but I’ll do what I have to do in order to protect you.”
    “I don’t need your protection,” I snapped and slid out of the booth. I blinked back the angry tears that wanted to fall. “And you don’t know it yet, but you chose the wrong side...And now I’ll hate you forever...”
    I left him there before he could say anything else and ran home, crying the entire way.

 
     
     
    Chapter 14
     
    CLOSED DUE TO FLU.
    That is what the sign said that I hung in store window. I taped it to the glass in the wee hours of the morning so not be seen. I didn’t even use a flashlight for fear someone would see the beam.
    The words on the sign weren’t exactly a lie. After that day at the diner, I came home and took to my bed, only coming out to affix the sign and collect the mail in the predawn hours.
    How could I have been so stupid as to trust Alec again? He already betrayed me once and then I go and let him do it again. What was I thinking?
    Fool me once...
    Alec called my phone at least a dozen times, but I always let it go to voicemail. I tried to listen to the first few, but I ended up deleting them all. I didn’t wants to hear what he had to say.
    “Harmony,” he said on one of the message. “You have to believe me...”
    Oh do I really? We’ll see about that...
    I spent New Years Eve alone watching television. When the clock struck midnight, I was all by myself with no one to kiss.
    Is this how it’s going to be? Is this what my life is going to be like?
    I twirled my necklace between my fingers as I watched the celebrations, it was my only reminder that anyone in the world cared about me.
    Kieran where are you? Why did I let you leave me?
    Days passed that way with me not doing much more than watching the shadows on the wall. I was lost and not sure of where I even belonged.
    Everything about my life just seemed to be on hold. I didn’t want to have anything at all to do with my old life and there was no way for me to know for sure that Kieran was even going to return in spring. After all, I only received the one package and letter since he left me last summer. No other letters...No calls...
    My depression swallowed