Beyond (Afterlife book 1) by Willow Rose Page A

I
thought to myself. I couldn’t wait. I stood for a few seconds in
front of the beautiful mirror and took in a couple of deep breaths.
I had to think this through. How was I going to tell him? What
would happen after I told him?
    I sighed deeply at the task I had in front
of me and put my palm on the mirror. That was when I heard a voice
behind me.
    “ I wouldn’t do that if I were
you.”
    I turned around and saw Mick standing
right behind me. His blue eyes stared at me like they were agitated
with anger. Even when it was angry there was something very
handsome about his face. He was so attractive it was unbearable to
look at him. He took a step toward me.
    “ What …? What are you even
doing here?” I asked. “How did you know I would be
here?”
    “ Meghan …” His expression became
softer as he shook his head. “Don’t do this. Don’t go to
him.”
    “ I have to,” I insisted.
“I have seen his death.”
    Mick froze and stared at me.
    “ In that book,” I
continued. “I saw him die. I can’t go on knowing this about him and
not warning him in time. I can’t live with myself if I don’t. I am
very sorry but I have to go,” I said and turned away from
him.
    Mick grabbed my arm. “You can’t do that. You
can’t mess with this kind of stuff.”
    “ That is not something you
get to decide,” I said smoothly sliding my arm out of his
hand.
    In a moment of vulnerability his eyes
suddenly showed both warmth and love for me. It surprised him as
well, I think, and it made my heart start pounding in my chest. I
hadn’t seen that kind of affection in his eyes for a long time. And
I had missed it.
    “ I can’t let you do this
to yourself,” he said. “I care too much for you to let you do
it.”
    “ I think you should go now,” I
said looking straight at him. I felt tears stinging in my eyes. I
didn’t want to cry but this situation was hurting me. I hated
having to be like that toward Mick. The truth was I really cared
for him as well, and I knew he was only trying to protect me. But
at the same time, I had made up my mind, and there was nothing he
could say or do to make me change it. I was going to visit Jason,
and I was going right now.
    A tear slipped down my cheek.
Unfortunately Mick saw it. At that second I hated my own
vulnerability. I turned my back to him and I felt him touching my
shoulder. I tried to pull away from him, but he wouldn’t move his
hand.
    “ Meghan, I know you care
for the boy, but you can’t mess with his destiny. This is how it is
supposed to be. This is the way his life is supposed to end.
Horrible things happen all the time all around the world, and you
can’t help everybody.”
    “ But I can help Jason. I
can make a difference in one person’s life. Doesn’t that count for
anything? It has to count for something.”
    “ It is very noble of you,
but it is not your battle to fight.”
    I turned around again. Now more tears were
running down my cheeks, but I didn’t care anymore.
    “ Then whose battle is it
then?” I yelled. “Who is going to do something to help Jason? No
one. That is who. His step-dad is going to beat all life out of
him, and no one is going to stop him. Why? Can you tell me the
logic in that? Why don’t the Angels or even God do something? If
they all know this is the way he is going to die, why don’t they
help him? Why don’t they stop it?”
    Mick shook his head. “I don’t know. But
there are a lot of things you and I don’t understand about this
world and about the human world.”
    “ I thought I would get all the
answers when I died. That there would be some kind of explanation.
But not even then, huh?”
    Mick sighed. “It is a process. They cannot
tell you everything the day you come here. You need to learn, and
sometimes it means you have to experience things before you learn
from them.”
    “ What does that even
mean?”
    “ Let me tell you something I
haven’t told you. Once you graduate they let you in through