Page 62 of The Beyond
“Is that where you’ll be going back to once all this is over?” he asked.
Lucas glanced around. “Now, I’m not so—” Lucas stopped talking and stilled, then he smiled. “They’re here.” He set his drink down and stood up.
Scott jumped up, turned around, and saw Selene and Tara walking towards them.
He rushed towards her as she ran to him. They met in the middle of the sand.
Scott caught Selene and held on as she cried, and he took all of her in. Her smell, the feel of her against him. Everything.
“You’re okay,” she said as she rained kisses over him.
“I am,” he said with a laugh.
Her body slid down his until her feet touched the soft sand.
“Please tell me you haven’t been stuck in this place the entire time.” Selene glanced around.
“We have,” Lucas answered as he stopped beside them. “It’s been pure hell,” he joked.
Selene walked over to Lucas and hugged him.
Tara walked over to Scott and wrapped her arms around him. “I’m glad you’re okay. Selene was really worried about you.”
“It’s good to see you again,” he said.
“Tara, our brother Lucas.” Selene motioned between the two.
Tara walked over and hugged Lucas. “I take it this means everything ended up, okay?”
“For now.” Lucas motioned to Scott. “We still have the issue of Moros using Scott as a portal to escape his prison. If we leave here…”
Everyone looked over at him. “I need a drink.” He walked over to where he’d set his down and drank the rest of it in one gulp.
He knew what Lucas was saying. If he stepped foot outside of Elysium, his father, who was the epitome of doom, would use him to break into the real world and destroy everything. Scott would die.
Selene walked over and took his hand. “Let’s go somewhere to talk,” she said softly.
He glanced over to where Tara and Lucas were walking towards a couple of chairs under a palm tree.
Scott pulled Selene into his arms and held onto her for another moment, then they started walking down the beach together.
“What is this place?” she asked after a few steps.
“Paradise.” He smiled. “Lucas thinks that each person sees something different. I’m on a beach. He’s at a top-dollar hotel in New York. Where are you?” he asked, turning to her.
“I’m on a beach too.” She motioned to the water. “Clear emerald waters.” She looked down. “White sand.”
He nodded. “You’re wearing a white flowing gown like everyone else.”
She nodded. “You’re in board shorts and a white shirt.” She lifted her fingers to his chest. “I like the look on you.”
“You look good in white,” he told her.
“So, Lucas doesn’t see the beach?”
“No, it took us a few days to figure that out. I mentioned something about what powers it took to keep the sand from getting everywhere and he looked at me like I was crazy,” Scott said. “In his mind, we chill out each day by the pool instead of the beach.”
“Wow.” Selene shook her head as they started walking again.
