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The first coherent thought to float into my head came out of mouth. "What was that?" I sounded winded, even to myself. Gray looked almost torn. He looked like he wanted to continue what he had started, but he was holding himself back. Why? What was his sudden interest about? Money?

"Cora... I, um." He was nervous. I had never seen Gray nervous. He shifted himself further away from me. "I want you to come with me." His gaze clashed with mine. It was unwavering. He meant what he said, and Gray was not likely to take no for an answer.

"I can't. Gray, I have to take care of my parent's estates. You've seen the accident on TV, you know where my life is right now. Why on earth wou-"

"You will be going with me, Cora." I opened my mouth to protest, but he just pushed on. "No. There will be no arguing with me. There is much to tell, and no time to do it now. You are going with me now, to my..." There was a pause, and then he said, "place." I was pissed. Beyond pissed. I was outraged. How dare he try to push me around. Yes, he was intimidating. But I wasn't going to be cowed into leaving my life for him. Especially not knowing a damn thing about what was going on.

"No! Gray, I will not go with you. I have a life. I can't just walk away for God knows how long with you! You are nothing but a criminal now, and I want nothing to do with that!" I got up and walked out the door to that piece-of-shit bar. I could feel him following me, but I didn't care. Nothing he could say would change my mind.

"Cora, don't make me do it the hard way." He was standing at the bottom of the steps to the bar. I turned to face him. He looked regretful. As if he had already done something irrevocable.

"Go to hell, Gray!" I spun on my heel to walk to my car, but before I could get turned around, I felt strong muscled arms wrap around my waist. I could hear flapping. And then I was in the air. How could this be? I was too in shock to even scream. The street was getting smaller and smaller. Further and further away. And we were getting higher and higher in the sky. Gray could fly? This had to be some sort of hallucination. I was dreaming. Of course I was. There was no way this could actually happen.

"We'll be there soon, just try to relax, Cora." I could barely hear him from the wind in my ears, but somewhere deep in my soul, I knew that this was no dream. I was about to have my mind blown. Where ever we were going, I was going to learn some very strange things. Strange indeed.