I opened my eyes and my head throbbed in pain, and all I remember was getting hit by a metal rod in the head on my way back home. I heard a woman's screaming and turned my head in that direction all I could see were two shadows from behind the sliding paper door. Her voice...it seems familiar, it's like I've heard her voice many times. A man was attacking the woman on the ground with a Cleaver, and the lady was screaming in pain. I covered my mouth in shock as fear gripped my heart. "Your daughter killed my son...now you both have to pay" The man growled in anger and hit her with the knife, she screamed. Blood splashed on the door, it terrified me so much. Daughter? But...My mom died when I was 10 she isn't alive. -- Natasha Agarwal is a sweet, innocent girl with a golden heart who doesn't know many secrets were hidden behind her past. loosing her mother at such a young age traumatized her but the truth she got to know when she was 16 and the problems she faced because of that traumatized her more. Will she forgive her father for what he did behind her back? Siddharth Malhotra became the light of her life and helped her heal her trauma. He changed himself just for her sake but coming back to Italy he started losing control over himself and his true self was revealed in front of her. Was he a psychopath? "I...I'm supposed to be treated like a puppet, dancing on everyone's fingertips and listening to them silently or get punished, I'm useless" -- "You mean the world to me, love" Stay tuned, everyone! You're going to love this give it a chance.

Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is. ***** A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche? *2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller* [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by April Alforque