Lance Harper and Lucy Burns have avoided one another all through high school. He’s the son of the town psychic; she’s the daughter of a fundamentalist preacher. But the wall between them crumbles when Lance has a mind-splitting vision of Lucy’s bathtub suicide.
She resists his help, desperate to take a dark secret to an early grave.
Fate has other plans.
Lance and Lucy share chilling flashes of a different kind of blood bath. A dark figure. A gun. A high school massacre. A hallway full of bodies.
Can Lucy overcome tensions at home that threaten to crush her? Can Lance convince her that there are no bat wings and cauldrons in his living room?
As they attempt to put their polar differences aside to save their classmates—and manage to fall in love along the way—a deranged killer loads a gun and plots a horrific Columbine-style homecoming that no one will forget.
Melissa Abrehamsen is the author of the young adult novel, FORETOLD. She's also a proud Army/Navy mom, licensed minister and certified life coach. Which means she's a magnet for people who want to transform from the inside out. When she's not helping people renew their mind, will and emotions, she's dating her husband in their freshly empty nest in Central Florida, where they live with their two Fruitloops-for-crazy-town dachshunds.
Melissa Abrehamsen is the author of the young adult novel, FORETOLD. She's also a proud Army/Navy mom, licensed minister and certified life coach. Which means she's a magnet for people who want to transform from the inside out. When she's not helping people renew their mind, will and emotions, she's dating her husband in their freshly empty nest in Central Florida, where they live with their two Fruitloops-for-crazy-town dachshunds.
For these characters to connect, I first had to establish an event that linked the unlikely duo. The mission? Exposure. Lance's vision of Lucy's suicide propels him to wait for her before class and expose himself as a psychic as well as expose her intention on her life. For them, this is the point of no return.
Book Excerpt
Foretold
“I can’t leave you like this.” Lance’s dirty blonde hair was swept up from his forehead, heightening the strength of his intense gaze.
“I’m fine. Okay?” Lucy cocked a hip, hoping he would buy her act if she spoke his language. “Hey, no follow through, no foul. Right?”
He said nothing. His pale green eyes explored her, probed her. Made her sweat.
“I’m okay.” She winced, hating how her voice fizzled out.
Lance cupped her chin, bringing her face close. His gaze whipped through her like a breath blowing the dust off her secret.
“No. You’re. Not.” He grimaced like he was in pain. “I saw you. Razor blade in the bathtub.”
Adrenaline zipped through her veins, making her light headed. “How…no.” She swallowed. “I…you’re crazy.” He knew, knew, knew.
“We both know I’m telling the truth.”
Lucy stood there, transparent, throbbing with turmoil and the sense she was losing more than she’d lost. She pressed a hand against her stomach. “Please. I have to go.” Couldn’t he tell she wanted freedom?
He dropped his hand. “Meet me after school.”
“I can’t. Someone will—”
“It’s either that or we go to Principal Danvers’s office. Up to you. Meet you outside the locker room.” He turned to leave, then called over his shoulder, “Oh, and I know where you live in case you decide to ditch me.”
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