Secrets ⎪✓

Prologue

"This is, so exciting!" Mila babbles, as she and Peter run along the road.

Sixteen-year-old Mila has never done things like this before, but ever since she has met Peter, he has slowly changed her personality.

It's not like she hasn't noticed it. Oh no. She is being reminded of it every single day by both her parents and let's not forget her twin brother Nick.

It's because of their every day complain that Mila finally agreed to Peter's proposal on running away.

"Keep it down will you." Peter scowls at her. Peter loves her, but her innocence always gets to him, and sometimes he forgets that she's only a junior while he's a senior. Along with the age difference, she's a bit immature in comparison to him.

Mila has gotten used to his moods, although they are very tiring sometimes.

They have reached the docks now, and Mila starts to regret all the times she didn't pay attention in gym class since she's about to go down with a heart attack.

She stops in front of the bridge, but when Peter notice she isn't running along his side anymore, he abruptly turns around.

"What do you think you're doing?" His tone is so harsh that Mila automatically bows her head for him.

He raises his chin. He always loves when she does that, it just confirms, that he has complete control over her, which he adores.

"I can't run anymore." She mummers sadly to the floor. Mila knows that she shouldn't have stopped. She fully understands that she is risking them getting caught.

He slowly lifts her gaze. She can now look right into his almost black eyes. She often wonders if there are any emotions behind his stare. "You don't want to do this with me? Are you having second thoughts." Peter says each word very slowly.

Mila hurriedly shakes her head saying no. She doesn't want to see her mother's disapproving stare. She can't handle it.

"Good. Now let's get going." He then takes her hand, and drag her the remaining route towards the car.

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Mila shuffles through the radio stations one after one but stops when her phone makes a tweet sound, signalling a new message.

Peter doesn't take his eyes off the road at first, but when he sees Mila starts unlocking her phone to see who has messaged her he gets curious. "Who is it?"

She has just opened the message app when she feels her heart beat increase.

Nick

Hey, Mil. Where are you? Mom is freaking out.

Mila is about to text him back when she remembers where she is, and what she is doing.

But that's all Peter sees - her fingers starting to type on the screen. "What the hell are you doing!" And that little thing makes him take his eyes off the road for only a second.

That is all it takes.

The car crashes, and that's when everything turns black.

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Mila is laying on a hard mattress there is placed in a hospital room. She can't seem to open her eyes and show her mom, dad and twin brother her beautiful green eyes, which run in the family.