~ AVAILABLE ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/164434193X ~ She hated riding the subway. It was cramped, smelled, and the seats were extremely uncomfortable to sit on for hours on end. Now add a group of crazy mask-wearing, weapon-wielding, maniacs to the ever growing list of reasons why Gemma hated riding the subway. Gemma Conners is your average eighteen year old and for the past two years she's been riding the subway to and from school with no problem. She always expected the same ol' same ol'. Cramped spaces, hard seats, and perverts staring her up and down and "accidentally" bumping into her and blaming it on the train as it jostled people into one another. Never did she expect a group of masked men to rush in and hold everyone onboard hostage, demanding that they all play along with their sick and twisted idea of a "game". It was either that or die. To add on to her ever growing list of problems, one of the passengers onboard just so happens to be Archer Daniels, your typical high school "heartthrob" and Gemma's classmate. Her day just kept getting better and better. With Gemma's luck, she'd be lucky if she lasted five minutes. Yep. She really hated the subway. *Book Cover Credit: Irah Marie* Thanks again for making such an AMAZING cover!❤️

Charines, an introverted gamer, meets Luis, a hacker with a big heart, who helps her challenge a gaming company claiming to help the world. *** Charines agreed to beta test a new game geared toward helping people battle their social anxieties and brought her cousin, Manny, along for the ride. She didn't expect to meet Luis, a player she hated initially. She also didn't expect the dislike to turn into a crush. But Chari only has Luis to turn to when the game seems to do more harm than good and hits too close to home. * ** [This story will become free on July 5, 2023] Content Warning: This story contains depictions of social anxieties and depression. * ❀❀ WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST ❀❀ ❀ Featured - Wattpad's Fresh Reads ❀ 2nd Place "General Fiction" -- 2021 Punk Rock Awards © Copyright Vee Lozada Exclusive to W A T T P A D