ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʏ/ɴ ɪs ᴀ ᴛʜɪʀᴛᴇᴇɴ-ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴏʟᴅ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛs ᴀɴ ᴇʏᴇʟᴇss ᴋɪʟʟᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴋ - ᴄᴀᴜɢʜᴛ sᴍᴏᴋɪɴɢ. ➼ - ❝ ᴍɪsᴛᴇʀ, ᴡʜʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘᴜᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ʀᴏʟʟ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜ? ❞ - ❝ ɪᴛs ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ sᴍᴏᴋɪɴɢ, ᴋɪᴅ. ❞ - ❝ ɪᴛ's ᴘᴡᴇᴛᴛʏ.. ❞ - ❝ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴍᴏᴋᴇ? ❞ - ❝ ɴᴏ, ʏᴏᴜ. ❞ ➼ - ♡ᴍᴀɪɴʟʏ ᴀ ғʟᴜғғʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ. ᴍᴀʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴ ᴀɴɢsᴛ, ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴛ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ, ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ sᴄᴇɴᴇs.♡ - - !ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪsᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇʀ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴅᴇᴛᴀɪʟ! - ҉ ᴀʟʟ ɪᴅᴇᴀs ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ! ᴛʜɪs ᴡᴀs ᴊᴜsᴛ ɪɴsᴘɪʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʀᴏʏᴇ sɪᴠᴀɴ's sᴏɴɢ : sᴛʀᴀᴡʙᴇʀʀɪᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄɪɢᴀʀᴇᴛᴛᴇs ҉ - - !ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴘʟᴀɢɪᴀʀɪᴢᴇ ᴏʀ ʀᴇ-ᴜᴘʟᴏᴀᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴍʏ ᴄᴏɴsᴇɴᴛ! .｡*ﾟ+.*.｡ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ! ｡.｡:+*

(Cover art by aed-den on DeviantArt) All your life, nothing but tragedy has found you. You believe you are cursed, destined to find yourself in only the worst possible situations. Ever since your village burned down through an unknown source, you've been travelling as much as you could, determined to keep your "curse" away from innocents. As the years pass, you begin to grow paranoid as you see ghostly figures at night. Blaming it on your prolonged isolation, you neglect to discover what had been haunting your dreams, and why it watches when you're awake.

Wren Martin is socially awkward. She blocks off herself to the world, hiding behind her favorite hoodie. All she wants to do is keep a low profile, and graduate well enough to qualify for a college scholarship. But then a babysitting job leads her to cross paths with Asher Reed, Eastview Highʼs notorious athlete. When a field injury kickstarts his senior year, heʼs turning his free time and attention to Wren. And maybe she might not want to be invisible after all. ***** [Watty's Collector's Edition Winner] [TFA Runaway Prize Winner] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Santoro

One thing I'll always remember is my parents saying "Everyone has a story" "Everyone has a story with a past, tragic or not. Everyone has a story that is meant to go unjudged, even if it was never told" But sometimes we forget that. Like when I though that my guardian was the devil. Even though he taught me how to laugh, how to protect, and even possible how to love. I only asked one thing "Why?" I still remember the one phrase that changed my life"Let me carry her" This one single and normal phrase was said by none other than Cooper Kingsley, our school's and town's bad boy. He was the championship boxer who drove a motorcycle and got into trouble frequently. He's the guy with brown hair that looked soft enough to run my fingers through, the guy with irresistible cold blue eyes and the guy with a built and strong body that made girls crazy. He wasn't your typical player either; no he was just hard to get- A complete tease. And the fact that he would volunteer to help a girl like this, was not normal. So what did Cooper Kingsley want anything to do with the bland and boring me? I was completely and utterly average. Or so I thought. So why did the devil suddenly become my guardian? Let's find out. Copyright © 2014 | All Rights Reserved | brech33se

FIRST THREE CHAPTERS Just breathe, Kacey. Ten tiny breaths. Seize them. Feel them. Love them. Four years ago Kacey Cleary’s life imploded when her car was hit by a drunk driver, killing her parents, boyfriend, and best friend. Still haunted by memories of being trapped inside, holding her boyfriend’s lifeless hand and listening to her mother take her last breath, Kacey wants to leave her past behind. Armed with two bus tickets, twenty-year-old Kacey and her fifteen-year-old sister, Livie, escape Grand Rapids, Michigan, to start over in Miami. Struggling to make ends meet, Kacey needs to figure out how to get by. But Kacey’s not worried. She can handle anything—anything but her mysterious neighbor in apartment 1D. Trent Emerson has smoldering blue eyes, deep dimples, and he perfectly skates that irresistible line between nice guy and bad boy. Hardened by her tragic past, Kacey is determined to keep everyone at a distance, but their mutual attraction is undeniable and Trent is determined to find a way into Kacey’s guarded heart—even if it means that an explosive secret could shatter both their worlds.