J. Middleton

He walked around the room with her image still frozen in his mind. He visualizes her standing before him, a smile came on his face. Not wanting to move, hoping she would come back. "I am coming for you. I have been waiting and watching for too long. Finally, he seen her, it wasn't a dream. She froze for just a second before she got in her car. Sitting there studying her taking her image in absorbing everything about her. He didn't move, his mouth open, but he was speechless. He watched the car pull out and he noticed she wasn't alone.Enraged. " No man will ever have her but me. No one can love you like I do. This can't be. You are mine. "When he reaches his car, he hurried out the parking garage. They were nowhere to be found. Taking in deep breaths, he closes his eyes. There she was the sunlight shining on the highlights of her hair. The slight smile that lightens up her eyes.

Her hand trembled as the office door closed, and Isabella realized that Alex didn't want to be disturbed. She glanced at the envelope, which had been delivered by a messenger just moments before, and wondered if it was important. Would Alex become angry if she interrupted him? Her stomach clenched at the thought. He would be angry, no matter what she decided to do. Taking a deep breath, Isabella lightly tapped on the oak door. The door opened slightly, and she froze, feeling paralyzed by the scene before her.

Hidden in the night, protected from the world. It waited in darkness. Cold wind blew from the north, filling the air with fear. It carried with it a mist that swept through the cracks, slipping past the thick curtains drawn to conceal the secrets inside. Midnight breeze slowly moved the drapes. They drifted back into place for a moment and moved again, higher. Taking in a breath she closed the window. Chills ran down her spine. A light mist filled the room and covered her feet. Despite an impulse to scream, she remained silent. She turned, uncertain of what she might see. The moonlight shined enough through the window to see a figure of a man standing in the corner. He made no attempt to speak. His deep gaze fixed on her. Unsettling, but at the same time it warmed her body.

The sun turned the sky red and gold with the promise of the night coming. It grew darker and became grey, barely any light visible. The moon rose high in the dark sky. The stars remained buried in its darkness. Thunder rolled shaking the ground hard. Lighting flashed almost blinding her. Sending chills throughout her body. When she could see again, a tall, dark hair man had a woman in his embrace. Shiny black orbs that look soulless stared at her. They began to glow blue. His mouth opened wide, revealing a row of long, pointed teeth. Black hair fell from his shoulders. His fingers nails looked capable of tearing a man's head off with one single swipe. Tears rolled down her cheeks, yet she couldn't make a sound. Emma had no idea such creature could exit. Tremors shook her body. Fear ran through her veins. His eyes glowed as his mouth went down on the woman's neck. A drop of blood fell from the corner of his mouth. This was no ordinary man. Her pulse raced faster and the hair on the back of her neck stood on end. She swallowed hard, a sudden surged of electricity was felt thought out the body. Taking a breath his eyes never left hers. Panic rises in her chest. Neither of them moved for what felt like an eternity. Even without help through her camera, she could still see his eyes in the darkness. Without breaking her stare, she shoves the camera in her bag and prepares to run. She trips and stumbles, landing on her hands. When she turns she could see him? He was standing a few cars away. Quickly he moved towards her. Just when she thinks she is going to die, a couple appears in the garage. "Help " She yells, her voice trembling with fear. She glanced over her shoulders to find the man had vanished into thin air. "What the hell was that?" She thought.

Victoria's memories flow through swiftly like a river. Faces of those she tortured and killed screams inside of her. A pain that needs to be released, are never remembered again. Wanting to embrace the darkness, where there is no Raven, and no pain and sorrow. Victoria casted a spell on herself, it might take decades to fade. She thought back to when she was mortal. Decade felt like eternity, now, time is nothing more than a breath in the harsh winds. Her heart nearly crumbles when she looks at Alex sleeping peacefully for the first time. His strong jaw, his dark hair, his full lips that warm her whenever they touched her skin. He was the only thing she wished she could take with her, but for the spell to work properly, she had to leave him.

A faint laugh emits from the pit of darkness. Vines slowly crawl into the dark bottomless pit. Where, nestled in amidst the mounds of disturbed earth and pulls up a limp, dark figure with red eyes. A laugh emits from the pit as vines pull up bones, decayed flesh. The figure twitches violently as the vines continue rebuilding the body. Its flesh and bones being moved and realigned makes a disturbing ripping sound. The figure starts to move on its own. Dark shadows floated around her. They bowed their heads as they gathered around their master. Two figures split from the pack and came together in front of her decayed body. Floating up in the air as the clouds cover the moon once more. An eerie scream echoed through the air. A few moments later the sky began to rumble. Clouds surged around it at super speed. Her laughs began to echo through the air. The ground shook as though thousands of bulls thundered across it. The storm bore on its icy wings, no snow, but great hailstones which drove with such violence. It beat down the branches and made the trees bear with no more foliage. The earth opened and darkness pour through blasting and crumbling everything around it. The dead rose for a moment of agony as they rose to her command. The sound of bitter pain was drowned in the thunder crash of flames. Black masses moved closer to her, as if all the graves around her had sent out the phantoms of their sheeted dead. Shadows poured out like evening fog. The hailstone beating down but never touched her. Bouncing through her army of shadows. There came a flash of lighting that lit up the heavens. In an instant, she looked as if she was among the living but it was the dead. The darkness poured into the sky like a burning flame. Covering the moon once again, the skies roared. The wind was so thick it drowned out any noise. Deafening howls and the hiss of sheets of rain. "Rise my army, rise " She yells. A wall of soil shot up from the ground, held together by a tree tangled in roots. The void of the missing dirt formed a massive hole, like a giant spoon had descended from the heavens and taken a hole out of the ground. Leaves and dirt was tangled everywhere. Dark fog moved across the dirt and poured across the field. Lilly laughed to herself as she rose up higher and higher above the ground. "I have returned and brought hell with me " She laughed.

When he closed his eyes all he saw was her deep green eyes. Heat builds within him, he wanted to kiss her, taste her, touch her but he knew he couldn't get any closer. He closes his eyes for a moment and she was standing in front of him with a smile on her face as her arms are reaching from him. He goes weak in the knee's with just the thought of her that close. When he opened his eyes she wasn't there, she wasn't there. He was getting furious with himself now. " I am coming for you soon you will be with me. You are mine. I have waited to long for you and now it is time."

Nina never thought she would find love again until one day a millionaire walked in her life. Little did she know he had eyes for her. Paul Simmon would do anything to make her his. He controlled everything in is life, he always got what he wanted at any cost. He had a obsession for her. He was going to make her his no matter what. Her life wasn't simple like he thought. Would he keep her safe? Would he kill for her? Would he make her his at any cost?

Through compelling ideas and examples, Beyond Authority argues that new leaders need to be confident to legitimise themselves and challenge old ways. They need to develop a leadership style that enables them to lead beyond the traditional boundaries and constraints of their organizations.

Through compelling ideas and examples, Beyond Authority argues that new leaders need to be confident to legitimise themselves and challenge old ways. They need to develop a leadership style that enables them to lead beyond the traditional boundaries and constraints of their organizations.