The Alpha of my dreams

CHAPTER 9: NO GOOD BYES

Savannah’s POV

After meeting Callie, I spent my days in a daze. It all felt unreal, but at the same time, it made absolute sense in my head the more I thought about it. Normally, I would have pushed the idea away as insane, but Tia’s surety and Callie’s confidence had shaken me up. Add to it my growing feeling that my man needed my help, I was ready to believe in the idea that he really belonged to another world and was waiting for me to arrive. 

Still, with each day that passed by and it got closer to Samhain, it was as if there was a war inside me. The cynical part of me that always looked for proofs and logic for everything pushed away the idea as utterly ridiculous. But the romantic part of me couldn’t wait to meet her prince in another world. 

Even if I was ready to believe in Callie, there were a few problems with my plan to go to the parallel Universe Callie mentioned. The first was the hefty amount that Callie demanded as payment. Being an orphan girl who struggled financially, the only asset I had was the apartment I shared with Tia. Selling it was the only way I could garner the amount to pay Callie for her services. But I didn’t know if I was ready for that. Was I ready to let go of the only home I had for something I didn’t even know was real or not? 

I had demanded Callie to create the Portal even after she warned me that I may not be able to come back to this world. But as days passed by, the fear of never seeing Tia again grew bigger and bigger. How could I let go of my best friend just like that? She was the one who held my hands until I went to sleep when I woke up in the middle of the night after having nightmares. The one who had my back as we faced life together like two warriors who had no one but ourselves. How could I leave her?

A few days before Samhain, I sat in the living room trying to make the right decision. But I was as undecided as ever. If only it was easier…

Tia marched into the room with a look of determination and glared at me when she saw my messed up state. I was wearing a loose T-shirt and baggy pants. I didn’t even care to wash my face, let alone apply makeup and don’t even get started on my hair. I was a total disaster, and I didn’t give a f**k. But seeing the way Tia glared at me, I had the feeling that maybe I should have put on a bit more effort…

“Woman! No one died here! Why are you acting like this!” she snarled.

And I promptly burst into tears. I blame the damn hormones!

Seeing me crying, Tia sighed and walked over to me before pulling my head onto her lap. Then she ran her fingers through my hair, the way she always did when I had my anxiety attacks. How could I just go away from her?

“Don’t think too much, Anna. For now, your priority is to find your dream man. Just because Callie said you can’t come back, it is not final. I know you would find a way to come to me. Even if you don’t, I would be happy knowing you are with the man you love rather than seeing you waste your life like this.”

I looked up at her and felt my confidence rise.

“Damn right. Whatever world I may be in, I would always find my way to you!”

“There is my girl!”

I sat up straight as a thought occurred to me.

“Wait a minute! I didn’t tell Callie about the dreams or how I had the book with his picture, but she seemed to know, anyway. Still, she didn’t ask for the book or tell that it is an anchor to that world. But then, could it be an anchor to this world? Maybe he used it to come to this world and I could do the same?” Excitement washed over me at the thought, and I looked at Tia with a glimmer of hope.

She had a thoughtful look on her face, and she nodded at me. 

“You are right. The book is definitely connected to his appearance.”

“Then you must keep it. I will find a way to come to you with its help!”

The same excitement I sported came over to Tia’s and we jumped like little kids.

“It is not goodbye,” I said.

“No goodbyes…” Tia repeated.

Then we both looked at the book as if we were seeing it for the first time. In my excitement, I even thought that I saw a halo around it, but when I blinked, it was gone again. I didn’t even know what was real and what was not…

I looked at Tia and saw her looking at me with a peculiar expression.

“What?” I narrowed my eyes. 

She sighed and held a stack of papers out towards me.

I frowned before taking it from her.

My eyes widened when I saw that it was the papers for selling our apartment. My hand trembled slightly as I held it and looked up at Tia with tears in my eyes. I saw that she too had tears in her eyes, and I hugged her as sobs wracked my frame.

“Our home,” I cried. This place was small, but it was our pride. We had worked hard and saved each penny we earned for years before we bought it. It was the first and only home we had, and the thought of losing it caused my heart to clench in pain…

“It is worth it, Savannah. We have no other way. No one will lend us such a big amount and anyway, it is just a building. Without you, it won’t be a home. We would get someplace better when you come back,” she consoled me.

I didn’t reply to her, but buried my face in her shoulder and cried silently. It felt as if everything was final and slowly it sank in that I was really leaving this world…

After that, the process went smoothly. The property was sold in a matter of days and I moved out of the apartment just the day before Samhain. We both stayed in a hotel room that night, and finally the day of Samhain arrived. 

Just as Callie asked us, we stood at the edge of the forest and I looked at Tia.

“Give her the cheque only if it really works.”

“Yes, we have gone through this a hundred times at least. No one is going to scam us and get away with it.”

Then I looked down at the book in my hand and sighed as I glanced at the picture of the regal green eyed prince. I held it towards her and she took it from me with a sigh.

“I will guard it with my life. I will wait for you to come back even if it is for a day, just to know that you are fine…”

Then we held hands and walked towards the clearing. We found Callie already waiting for us there, and I couldn’t decide if I still believed it or not. A part of me was hoping she was telling the truth, while another part of me was still skeptical. 

I looked at the ground and my brows raised when I saw that she had drawn out symbols on the floor with chalk powder. A circle in the middle, surrounded by a pentagram and inside it, glyphs were drawn in. The hair on the back of my neck rose as I felt the energy surrounding us. It felt just like the static energy that we feel after rubbing a comb and keeping it over bits of paper. But this was on a larger scale, much, much larger…

I gulped and looked at Callie, who was wearing a white robe this time. Okay, I guess I can freak out now…

“Are you ready?” she asked, and her voice echoed eerily in the clearing.

I couldn’t find it in me to answer her, so I just gave her a slight nod in response. 

“Good. Now let’s start before the window of time passes.”

Huh?

“Come and stand in the middle of the drawing. I am going to create the Portal there.”

Was it too late to turn and run back?

Tia squeezed my hands reassuringly after seeing my hesitancy. I looked at her and she gave me a watery smile. 

“Everything will be fine. Just relax and focus on meeting your man.”

With her words, the last of my hesitancy washed away, and I was ready to jump to any world if it meant meeting him. I am coming, my dream guy…

I looked at Tia and hugged her. 

“No goodbyes,” we said at the same time.

Then I turned to Callie with determination. You better be telling the truth, woman…

She rolled her eyes at me as if hearing my thoughts and pointed at the circle nonchalantly. 

I walked over to it and as soon as I entered it; I felt a wave of power wash over me. I felt as if all the air was taken away from me and I clutched my throat, trying to breathe. What the hell was happening?

Callie started muttering something, and the feeling of suffocation increased with each moment that passed. s**t! Was she trying to kill me? 

I felt as if I would pass out at any moment and tried to step out of the circle, but as soon as I raised my foot, an electric spark emitted from the circle. Wide eyed, I took a step back and looked at Callie who was hovering in the air, her eyes glowing with power. ‘Damn it! She really was a witch!’ I thought with awe.

But then all thoughts left my mind, and it felt as if my body was being pulled in all directions. I let out a shrill scream and my eyes met that of Tia’s wide, terrified eyes. That was the last thing I saw before everything became dark and a feeling of weightlessness engulfed me. And then I was falling…