❝After a series of tragic deaths in Shadow Swan's family, the young ginger finds herself being shipped off to Forks, Washington. A town that Shadow hasn't stepped foot in years. Here she finds the prospects of a fresh start awaiting her and the chan...
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SHADOW SWAN COULD TELL something wasn't right. It was the first thing she noticed as her eyes blinked, slowly opening. She felt it in the way her head swam and her room smelled different.
It wasn't until memory corrected her confusion that Shadow quickly realized that she wasn't in her room. She stared at the ceiling as the monitor beeped next to her hospital bed.
Shadow let her eyes close with a low groan. A headache was pounding against her temples and her body was exhausted. It was as if her muscles had kept tense throughout her sleep.
Shadow pulled herself up from the bed. The rough blanket draped over her did little to keep out the cold and she shivered as jade eyes studied her surroundings. Shadow would of liked to say that she was shocked to find herself here, but she wasn't.
When a girl starts screaming bloody murder and passes out, where better to take her than a hospital? (Mental or otherwise.)
She sighed, rubbing her tired eyes and wondering what would happen next. She hadn't planned on telling Charlie about her condition any time soon. But, now that this screaming fit had occured, there was no doubt in Shadow's mind that she'd be lectured about how keeping 'important things from her family was bad.'
Anxiety crept beneath her skin. Shadow wasn't necessarily worried about her Uncle finding out. Her concern had more to do with how he would handle the news.
Random screaming fits weren't exactly normal. At least, not to anyone who wasn't close to Shadow's family. She knew that it wasn't going to be easy to hear. To throw this onto Charlie, so suddenly?
Shadow couldn't blame him if he was angry.
Her mother had never told her brother about Shadow's screaming fits and it hadn't been mentioned once since Shadow had come to live with them. Most adults would be concerned over these types of things. Considering how much Charlie fretted over her cousin, Shadow didn't doubt that he would start hovering over her too.
Which was exactly why she'd kept it from him. She had been doing fine. Months had passed since her last, real fit. What happened?
Another groan was heard from the Swan girl, except this time it was one of exasperation. She was tired of thinking about this. She wasn't quite ready to explain to Charlie why these screaming fits happened to her─ and not even she knew exactly why they occurred.
Her doctor back home had deduced that it was merely a way for Shadow to vent out stress, grief, and anger. But, the ginger knew better than that. Her screaming fits weren't because she was an 'angsty, emotional teenager looking for a way to relieve stress.' There was something more to them.
