For two months, Peter Marks has been looking for the girl he loves. There’s no trace of where the Hunters took her and no one’s talking. He’ll do anything to find her: beat up her best friend, get suspended from school, even alienate all of his friends and family. No one else matters but her. But what will happen when Peter finds her? Will she be the same? Will she even be alive? More importantly, will she still love him? ~ * ~ Despair. A sea of waking moments and dreamless sleep. That’s where Cassandra South is. All she can think, or even wonder, is if there is anyone out there that really cares about her. After a brutal betrayal she never saw coming, the last words Peter ever spoke to her, and varying promises of how much longer this hazy state will last, Cass has reached the end of her rope. Her trust is broken. Her being is broken. Her heart is shattered. Who will save her? What will happen to her if someone does? The future is null and there’s nothing left but despair. ~ * ~ The third installment in the Banish Me series, Cass will face things she never thought she would. Things that just might break her in the end. ~ * ~ Official Song: For You by Angus and Julia Stone. © SCCourtney

**UNDER CONSTRUCTION - This was written in 7th grade and I'm now graduated from high school with a few college credits under my belt. I'm fixing all of it.** A shiver raced down my spine and the air thickened. The other end of the alleyway wasn't far, but it didn't seem to be coming closer no matter how fast I walked. Humoring my paranoia, I glanced over my shoulder just in time to catch a fist to the face. I dropped to my hands and knees and stared at the ground in a daze. My jaw throbbed with each beat of my heart, hammering the side of my face. Strong hands gripped me and dragged me backward. We made considerable progress toward the other end of the alleyway before my dazed mind caught up with reality. I was being kidnapped.