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The Grey Zone

Hello, so as I promised in the previous update, here's the excerpt of my book. It's my first book and I hope you'll like it and maybe read it. 

(description and prolog)

Description:

When you're little they teach you what's good and what's bad, the difference between right and wrong.

Everything is clear, also in cartoons: you have to defeat the evil. And it's easy to detect because you are either good or bad.

The line between darkness and light seems very clear.

If only it were true.

There is no pure white or pure black, it's the concept of yin and yang. Everything is grey, neither completely good nor completely evil.

Balance between the two is essential.

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Julia Gallagher went through some tough moments, which culminated in her losing two people for whom she cared deeply. But over time, she started to put back the peaces of her life, recreating that bubble of happiness and normality.

But nothing lasts forever.

Pretending that the past doesn't exist doesn't make it any less real. All those events that Julia tried so relentlessly to forget come crashing back in full force when someone she thought she would never see again comes back in her life.

This new year will be full of unsettling surprises: mysteries will unravel, dangers will be faced.

Nothing is how it looks.

PROLOGUE

As I'm nearing the door a hand blocks me. I put my hands on his, trying to perform a Kung-fu lock, but somehow he predicted my move and in no time he had me completely immobilized.

My back was pressed against a wall, while his hands caged both my wrists on top of my head.

I start struggling trying to free myself, yet again. With both my hands immobilized I decide to use my feet. But as if sensing my next move he quickly presses his muscular chest against me and pushes his legs between mine, definitively enabling me.

<<Now, now princess... that wasn't very nice. >> he says mockingly. I don't know if he was referring to what I did the first time he got me or to my recent attempt to kick him where the sun doesn't shine.

After a moment he speaks again, but his voice turns cold and menacing << Tell me who the fu*k are you, and what's your business here. >> I wince at his tone, but I stubbornly keep my mouth shut.

Feeling his breath near my ear, I can't help but shiver <<You better tell me, or you might not like the outcome sweetheart. >> somehow his whispered words sounded even more menacing.

I keep a breath understanding that I have no chance to escape. Fear starts taking over me as I finally realize that I am at his mercy. My mind starts filling with terrible images of the things that could happen to me.

No! you can't give up like this! I tell myself.

Mustering all the courage that I can, I'm finally able to speak. <<Let me go, you conniving doofus! >> My voice was strong, but wavered at the end revealing my fear. Oh God! Something must really be wrong with me. That definitely wasn't the wisest thing to say.

This time his voice seems almost incredulous << Juli?!>> and I should admit that right now I'm as confused as he is, even though I'm sure that we are confused for different reasons.

To say I'm stunned would be an understatement. How the heck does he know my name?! I don't usually mingle with this kind of people.

He takes both my wrists in one hand, while the other starts wondering on the wall.

Then I think of what he called me... Juli... only one person has ever called me that... this is impossible...

Then suddenly the light turns on, making me close my eyes, to adjust at the change. When I finally open them, I find myself face to face with two mesmerizing grey eyes, belonging to someone I thought I would never see again.

A/N: So it would mean the world to me if you could tell me what you think about it and maybe give me your input.

Till next time :*