Title: Take it All
Author: Emma Grayson
Expected Release Date: Aug 4th, 2013
Genre: New Adult
Synopsis
Judy
Garland said it best, ‘For it was not into my ear you whispered but into my
heart. It was not my lips you kissed but my soul.’
If
you asked her why she loved him, she would only be able to tell you it was
because he was who he was and well, she was who she was.
Plain
and simple.
All
her life Lennox Ward felt incomplete. That her heart was always searching for
that one special thing; that special someone she had yet to find.
Then
Caleb Kingston came strolling back
into her life unexpectedly, and little did she know her world was about to come
crashing down around her; forever shattering it.
Is love enough to conquer all?
Will she be able to lead them out of hell and off their
path of self destruction?
Or
will Caleb take it all?
Teaser
Take it All
By Emma Grayson
Copyright © 2013
Emma Grayson
Coming August 4th,
2013
Genre: New Adult
*** This story is based on true, real life events ***
Chapter
One
He
bent over and softly placed his lips on the tip of her nose, just as he had
done for as long as she could remember. “I’ll be back,” he whispered quietly,
hesitating before finally pulling away.
Their
eyes met, and she knew, she could see the familiar distance in them just as she
saw only a couple months before. But this time was going to be different.
Unlike the last time, she wouldn’t know where to go or what to do. She wouldn’t
be able to search for him and take him by the hand, and guide him away.
His
eyes slowly moved from hers as he turned and walked towards the door, only to
stop a moment, lingering in the doorway like he was second guessing his
decision. She slowly sat up, hoping his mind had changed, but her hope quickly
vanished as he continued out the door and into the hall.
She
watched him through her window, walking down the brightly lit hall, knowing it
would be the last time she ever saw him. That it would be the last time she’d
hear his voice, the last time his fresh, yet smoky, scent filled her nose. She
knew it would be the last time she’d feel her body come to life, ignited like a
flame, from the touch of his lips on hers while the warmth of his breath
delicately canvassed her body.
He
didn’t have to say it; she could sense it, just like she’d done before. Only
this time, the gut twisting feeling she got when he spoke, told her what he
couldn’t say, and the unspoken words in his eyes. His azure colored eyes that
still had a way of making her knees weak and heart slam against her chest, all
the while small sparks of electricity soared through her body, all with a
single simple look.
Lennox
sat there in her room. Dazed, as the numbness slowly crept up and through her
body, into her heart and soul, as the voice in her head spoke in loud volumes,
telling her over and over, the things she didn’t want to believe. Her eyes,
still fixated on his back, watching as he became further and further away;
almost out of sight.
She
swallowed, trying to rid the dryness that made it hard to breathe. Her mouth
finally unfroze and her lips parted. “Caleb,” she spoke quietly, meaning for it
to sound louder, so he could hear the gut wrenching pain that filled her
normally soft voice, and he’d come back to her. But all that sounded was a
whisper ending with a small sob.
He
was her all, he’d always be her all, and she knew it the day he unexpectedly walked
back into her life. That moment, when their eyes met, she knew they were made
for one another, that they were meant to be. They were each other’s missing
piece and he found her, in all his gorgeous gratifying glory, grabbing her by
the hand, and her entire heart and soul.
Together Lennox and Caleb went places.
Places she never, in her life, thought she’d ever go. The things she saw and
witnessed are of things no one should have to see or speak of again, because
once was enough. His path took them on a journey through hell, right to the
burning pit, where, when given the chance to leave, she stayed and fought for
him, and a way back.
She did things along the way that she’s
not proud of. Things she’ll never be able to forgive herself for, unthinkable
things that changed her demeanour and relationships with the people in her
life. Lennox, being the typical girl next door, would never, in a million
years, do what she did but when it came to Caleb, she’d do anything.
Through it all Lennox lost a lot along
the way, important things. But at the time nothing was more important than
Caleb and her being together. They learned once that not being together was
more toxic then actually being together. So, in her mind, there wasn’t a doubt,
or voice, telling her she made the wrong choice five months earlier, when he
walked through the doors of Fizzy Wigs; a local cafe in Spruce Hill.
The scary part was, after knowing
everything and going through all they went through, Lennox, given the chance to
do so, would go back and do it all over; not changing a damn thing.
She continued to watch him walk away,
rounding the corner, and disappearing from her sight without a glance back. The
breath she didn’t know she’d been holding rushed out, as if someone came up to
her, and punched her in the stomach. It was then she realized it hadn’t been
enough, none of it was.
And even more heartbreakingly so,
neither was she.
At that moment realization hit, and she
was on her way back to hell, only this time she was going alone, and the battle
out was a far bigger challenge then the last.
With her eyes still on the last place
she saw him, silently wishing him to come back, a man in a white coat
obstructed her view. Blinking, she looked up at him, his face unreadable as he
looked down at the clipboard in his somewhat feminine hands. When he finished
flipping through the white sheets of paper, his eyes lifted and met hers.
He witnessed, through her eyes, her
world crumble and shatter around her, leaving nothing but an empty, hollow
shell in its place.
“Ms Ward....” he said carefully, making note
of how delicate and fragile she looked.
Lennox sat there looking at nothing but
dead air and the small dust particles as they fluttered around, the room was
silent, and she didn’t even hear when the man spoke. It was as if someone had
muted real life.
Her mind was on only one thing.
Caleb.
When he left her there in her room, he
knew he wasn’t leaving alone, that he was taking her with him, maybe not
physically, but in every other way possible. It was more than a piece of her he
took, it was more than a part of her, it was every piece.
Every. Single. Fucking. Piece.
And she let him.
“Ms Ward, did you hear what I just
said?” the man’s comforting voice echoed through the room.
Lennox shook her head, pushing the
thoughts aside, as she looked up at him, and watched his lips move as he
repeated the words that not only sent icy waves through her already numb body,
but caused what little was left of her world to shatter.
And that’s when it happened, that’s
when she began to drown. Drowning in memories, like a surfer in a wild tidal
wave, as the gates opened and everything from the past five months came
flooding back.
About The Author
Emma Grayson is a Canadian author who resides outside of Edmonton, Alberta with her family and five year old son.
She is currently working on Take it All, book one in her new series, Blinded by Love, as well as Unbearable Guilt, book two in her Breathe Again series.
When she’s not writing she enjoys time with her son, going to movies, reading, or enjoying Starbucks latte’s with her girlfriends. She’s the lover of music, television, all things purple, Oilers hockey and doesn’t leave the house without her iPhone, Kobo, flip flops or a pack of gum.
