(Photo is mine) This story is a roller coaster of psychopathy and murder. Its a very fast paced story for an easy read.

{COMPLETED} She has no family. She has no friends. And now? She has no hope. After being kidnapped while walking through the city, Jess has to escape her new 'family' that 'found' her and now cherish her. They do whatever possible to keep her hostage. Though that might be obvious, she wants so badly to escape- but it's not as easy as she thought. No one would be looking for her, no one would even notice her disappearance. She is left to make the decision. Will she keep trying to escape? Or will she stay with her new 'family'?

And now she stood trembling amidst the world's actual end, and found she could think of nothing but what lie in her past. It was almost like she was comparing the heartache of the living world, to the pain of the dead. Which was more peaceful, anyway? The dead certainly slept better than the living, but the living felt more alive. ~ From Chasing Dawn /// It's the dawn of a new world, where darkness is faced at every turn and mankind is number one on earth's hit list. Elanora Daelynn Burns is stuck in the middle of the apocalypse as a terrified orphan without a place to call home. Her father's been killed, her house was sucked deep into the pit of the earth with him in it, and she was unceremoniously ripped from her old life and tossed into a new one filled with danger and insanity. Nora's one goal in this apocalypse is to carry out the promise she made to her father and survive, until she finds a mystical golden ring, with looping script in a foreign language engraved on it's brass, radiating an aura of intoxicating power. Now she is a given a new purpose, and a new promise to fulfill that pertains to much more than just her own survival. Secrets are revealed, and even more hidden, and Nora realizes that the things in her past she's been running from, are exactly the things she's been unknowingly running towards. Nora's strength is tested, and her will stretched farther than she thought possible. Torn between her heart, and her destiny, Nora must choose her path wisely. The fate of the world depends on it. \\\