D I S C O N T I N U E D ❝Yes, I have been told I'm too rude to be from Amity. Has anyone ever told you that you're an asshole?❞ In which a girl who was meant to be kind must fight for her survival while also trying to keep a secret that could cost her, her life. [PART OF THE DANGEROUS WOMEN UNIVERSE] [ C A M I L L A C A R T E R ] BOOK ONE

" WHEN IT GIVES, IT GIVES ALL. " Marlowe Prior's greed devours her, and only after her own mistakes does she learn having it all means nothing. 𝐏𝐫𝐞!𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭- 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 ©

𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 - Four X Male!OC ---><--- "Four glared down at his fists, bruises shifting like something living beneath his skin. He wanted to snap - snap in the same way he'd wanted to at his father but had never been able to, for all his abuse. But, against raging instinct, he sat, 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, beside his trembling, terrified partner and the beaten up little boy they'd somehow acquired along the way in some gross imitation of the old American Dream, enduring the rope burn just to grip the clammy hand of the man he loved beside him once more, gun levelled to his head, and said, "𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚." Instead. And that was better than anything else - bullet, blood, and impending doom all be damned. 𝐇𝐞'𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝." ---><--- Something wicked 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 the well-loved earth of Amity when Blue wakes, desperate and lonely and overwhelmed with the realisation that he no longer needs to be Blue - needs to be anyone. For once in his life, 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞. So, he leaves. He runs from the beautiful, burning fields of his home, from the charred remains of his fragmented smile, and he grows. Like a seed in the rich soil, he blooms in the warm embrace of the strange new world that is the Dauntless Compound. 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, and Blue is willing, more than anything, to throw away peace and dive head first into the dark.

Tomorrow, Jessica will have to make a decision. Tomorrow, Jessica will have to change her life. With the pressure of her family's expectations weighing on her shoulders, Jessica struggles to find her way. Upon the results of her aptitude test, she feels even more conflicted and now has to go with her heart to figure out where she wants to belong. The big question is; should she stay or should she go? --- [All chapters are unedited so don't judge!] [Includes swearing and sexual content] [Cover credit: @Vibrantlysassy] 1st version published: 23 April 2017 1st version completed: 28 July 2017 2nd version published: 25 January 2019 2nd version completed: [?]