Arielle Immortal Fury (The Immortal Rapture Series Book 6) by Lilian Roberts

she thought to herself. I can’t even whisper in my own house. He hears everything . A smile tugged her lips. She slowly turned around and walked up to the bed, taking a moment to pile the pillows against the headboard. Then, she took her journal out of the nightstand drawer and climbed onto the bed. After she got comfortable, she thumbed through the pages filled with her most private thoughts until she found the next blank sheet. She closed her eyes and tried to recall some of the most significant points that she wanted to document. Then she let the pen glide.
     
     
    October 23rd
     
    Dear friend,
     
    I’m back ready to let my thoughts run free across your pages. I have a lot of things to tell you, but I have to jump ahead and start with the most significant and most remarkable experience of my entire life.
    Yesterday was the day before my 22 nd birthday, and my birthday present from Eva and Gabby was something out of a fairytale. I actually traveled back through time with them to meet Sebastian as a mortal man. Eva had secured an invitation to one of his parents' gala held on September 23rd , 1575, and as outlandish as it sounds, she did in fact transport the three of us back to 1575!
    I must say that reality became indistinguishable from fantasy. Time spent with Sebastian as a mortal man was quite extraordinary, and I savored each and every moment.
    The excitement became overwhelming when we met his parents and his two brothers. We found them to be absolutely amazing people. His mother’s beauty was that of a Greek goddess. We met people who centuries later become some of the most famous artists in the world. It was extraordinary! One thing became obvious to me; immortality was not able to bring Sebastian any more beauty that what he already possessed. He was just as stunning as a mortal man as he is today, and I couldn’t peel my eyes away from him. I am so in love with him that I can hardly breathe.
    The most astonishing part of the trip was that we spent almost two days in 1575, but when we returned, only 15 minutes had passed. How amazing is that?
    Sebastian's reaction when I returned home was a shock to me. The beautiful gown that Eva created for me to fit the part while attending the gala seemed to bring back memories that shook him to his very core. He was bewildered when he realized that I was the same girl he had met at his parents' gala and thought he had lost forever. He recalled how hard he had tried to understand the familiarity of my eyes when first met at the beach at St. Jean last year. It was like déjà vu . He couldn’t consciously remember the moment, but he was sure that he had looked into my eyes before.
    He had tried for days upon days to evoke the memory, but eventually he had given up. Now he understands the attraction and the familiarity. He told me that he had been in love with me for over five hundred years. I was excited to grasp a small part of his world when he was a mortal man. I met his family, and I loved them all. I met a lot of his friends, and I was impressed by most of them. I know that Eva and Gabrielle were just as impressed as I was.
    However, his friend Gaston made me quite uncomfortable. I knew he was an immortal from the moment I set eyes on him, but when I told Sebastian, he couldn’t believe it. Gaston had been his best friend, and he never knew anything about his immortality. I found out that Gaston and Sebastian argued over me the morning after the gala. I caused the severance of their friendship. But I can’t truly say that the whole thing bothered me. Gaston gave me the creeps. But even with that one bad incident, nothing will ever compare to this adventure.
    Sebastian’s birthday gift was dreamlike. After that amazing adventure with Eva and Gabby, Sebastian had arranged to fly us out of the country on his private jet for a romantic dinner at an amazing restaurant in Vienna. And as if that wasn’t enough, he gave me a stunning diamond tennis bracelet that