The Homing Games

~Prologue~

~Synopsis~
A tale of two young souls living in Montana, USA, who are forced to participate in something the Montana government like to call 'The Homing Games'. Moving from house to house on a deserted island with specified care givers at each one, living with peers either your age, younger or older then you while competing in a randomized game each week while doing housework the rest of the time. It all seems like an easy situation until you take into consideration that you're stuck in these games, the same repetitive games for 8 years without seeing your parents. The house keepers who you don't know are kind and caring, or manipulative and abusive. The usual person wouldn't even think of dating or love in these conditions. Unless you're Ivan Vargas and Sage McCallistor. Will the two young lovers be able to overcome the troubles and challenges of the evil government of Montana? Join them in this journey of love and war and find out how their story unfolds~💋

~Characters~
Sage McCallistor
Ivan Vargas
Marjorie Emitson
Abbey Clarke
Lydia Black
Stephanie Estrada
Diamond Delacruz
Emma Bray
Norman Davis
Theo Guzman
Noah Lewis
Alex Hawkins
James West
Avan Salazar

~Story Theme Songs~
Willow - Taylor Swift
Cardigan - Taylor Swift

~Special Mentions~
My mom, who supported me the moment she found out I wanted to write a book
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My dad, who always made sure to let me know that my writing was extravagant
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My best friend, who was the first person outside my parents to hear this story when I started writing
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My teacher, who supported me in the idea to publish it and become a young author

~Story Birth~
I got the idea for this story the night before Christmas Eve over my winter break in 2023. I remember watching the Eras tour movie the night before with my mom, then once she went to bed and my dad came to play video games, we both fell asleep on the couch. I had wild dreams all night that I remember very vividly, and often I have dreams that would really make good stories and those were some of my favourites...the dreaming for this story started around 4:00 A.M. when small pieces of this story and significant people started forming, allowing me to put the pieces together and created my characters once I woke up. With this story, instead of letting it go without doing anything, I decided to make it into a storyline and start writing the story you're all about to be let it on! So enjoy~💋

~Important Details~
⚠️NO SMUT⚠️
There will be no smut in this story!! These characters start at the age of 12-13 and will not be engaging in anything more then cheek kisses, age appropriate kisses, and hugging!! No kissing is engaged until the end of the story. I am not comfortable writing smut as personally it's very awkward and embarrassing to type out. More intimate kissing and moments will come with them in later books, but nothing too serious.
⚠️YOUNG LOVE⚠️
Even if there is no serious smut, this is a young love romance novel! There will be close hugging, touching of hands and some holding, some light flirting, and sleeping next to each other in a close hold (NOTHING MORE) even though these characters are young they still range around 12-13, these things are expected from maturing children going into teenage years, they are not babies! I am close to this age as well and have experienced what being 13 is like and have had a girlfriend. This is what I experienced in my years of having a girlfriend at 13.
If you are uncomfortable with any of these boundaries and warnings, please click off now. Don't ruin it for others and just do yourself a favour by discontinuing this read. Nothing in this book will go too far. I am not and never will be one to sexualize children. You have been warned, proceed at your own discretion.

Enjoy~💋

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