Beyond (Beyond)
Release date: November 25th 2013
Synopsis:
Sixteen-year-old Raven desperately wants to fit in, but after using a Ouija Board, her already overwhelming hallucinations take a turn for the worse. A ghostly figure named Sam begins to haunt Raven and seems eager to kill her.
She’s saved by a reclusive biker named Damian who goes to the same school and appears to have an interest in her. Raven can’t help but feel drawn to him. Determined to uncover Damian’s connection to the ghost, Raven sets out to discover his secret and the reason Sam started haunting her. However, there’s more at stake than just her reputation. Raven’s choice between unveiling Damian’s true intentions, and living a normal life will put everyone she cares about at risk. To save them, she'll have to go beyond.
Lives are ruined.
Hearts are shattered.
Death lurks at every corner.
Beyond
by S.P. van der Lee
Never before have I felt such fear,
suffocating and unrelenting. If my heart continues to beat the way it is, I
might die. My hallucinations have never taken the form of a humanlike figure
before. Just thinking about the smoke he emitted makes the hair on the back of
my neck stand up.
The only things I’ve ever seen were items
being moved around or floating lights, which made people think I was nuts. But
just now, at the party, I saw a real shady figure, and he moved the wooden
arrow.
I pedal as fast as I can. I can’t look back,
because I’m afraid I might see something that will make my heart stop. I have
to get out of here.
Simon and Emma are yelling at me from
Lillian’s home, but I’m not listening to what they’re saying. I just tell
myself that everything has been a fantasy, even though it still bothers me.
Hallucinations should only affect me, not my surroundings. They’re not supposed
to be able to touch a Ouija board.
Calm down, Raven. Maybe my pills will work.
I pull the brakes and come to a stop so quick
that I have to put both feet on the ground so I don’t fall over. I grab my bag
and rummage through it, looking for the bottle. The pills that reduce the
intensity of my hallucinations should be in there. My mom always makes me take
them along wherever I go.
But they’re not in my bag. How could I have
forgotten them? How could I have been so stupid? In my haste to get to the
party I must’ve forgotten to pack them. What do I do without my meds?
I throw my bag on the ground and exhale a few
times before picking it up again. I snort and brush away the sweat from my
forehead. Well, nothing I can do about it now. I’ll have to get home as quick
as I can.
I hop on my mountain bike again and force
myself to pedal. It isn’t real. My head is playing tricks. I’m me, not my
delusions.
They’re all fake.
I bike across the road and swallow a couple of
times. Maybe the anxiety will go away then. I check my surroundings to assure
myself that everything I see is beyond a doubt there and not all in my head.
Then I see them, a group of figures in the
cemetery.
Only they aren’t just figures. Shadows are
watching me.
Their faces are smooth and unwavering. Their
eyes are hollow. Surrounding them is a black and white mist-like fog. The
people all look different, but with one similarity; I can see right through
them.
I shriek and peddle as hard as my feet will
allow me, past the cemetery. I’m going nuts. I see things that aren’t really
there. Delusions that are so terrifying I feel like I’m going to faint again.
This isn’t real. It can´t be! I’m trying to convince myself.
Tears roll down my face, and my lungs burn.
The warmth of my overheated body makes my soaking wet clothes prickle against
my skin. I’m heaving, totally out of breath.
In the forest beside me, I spot the shades
again. They’re everywhere. At least, I think, but they don’t look like just
shadows anymore. They look like real people.
Am I hallucinating about ghosts? Their black
and white glow is as clear as daylight in the darkness. The lampposts light the cement path. At first
I think the entities are staring into nothing, but then they chase after me.
I bike even harder, but my thighs burn. I’m
already past my limit. I steal a glimpse, and the floating ghosts are still
following me, floating.
“Stop! Stop it!” I scream and close my eyes,
hoping they will disappear, but when I open them again they’re still there.
One of the ghosts drifts closer. It moves so
fast, I’m unable to spot it until it’s in my face with its mouth open.
I shriek and flap my hands, hoping to push the
attacker away, but it doesn’t work. It’s already gone. The shadow went right
through me.
I’m wobbling so much I lose my balance and
fall off my bike. My head hits the asphalt, surging burning pain to the side of
my skull. I’m dizzy, and everything around me fades to black.
"I loved the premise of the book & I loved the characters. The ending left me wanting more..." ~ Lisa W.
“Finally this ends my dry spell of unsatisfying fantasy novels! I loved the plot! I can't help but get hooked into it as the story unfolds.” ~ Poecilia from Goodreads
“The book is very good. It has really good mystery in it and a cliffhanger in the end that leaves you screaming for the second book.” ~ Katie from Goodreads
I am a writer and reader of YA Paranormal Romance novels and aspire to be a well known author. I love reading the same genre, as well as Dystopian and an occasional fantasy book. In my spare time, when I'm not reading books, I like to play games such as RPG's.
I have a bachelor in Digital Communication and enjoy pretty much anything that has to do with technology :)
BEYOND will be published on November 25th 2013. I'm currently available for Promos, spotlights, reviews, interviews, guest posts, you name it! Just send me a message :)
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