Two years, countless moves, and one goal: don't get found. That's been the objective for Sawyer and her little sister for some time now. When life drags her into an unexpected direction, she's placed directly into the life of the one person who has done what she never thought to be possible: break down the walls she w...
"Why are you doing this to me?" I cried. I was entrapped in a dark room with a big man standing in front of me. I was in a rather uncomfortable bed, with my wrists tied to the barred bed frame with rope. He didn't say a single word as he walked to the other side of the room and picked up a knife. "Why are you doing th...
"I've been stabbed in the heart before. I've been shot at point blank. Twice. I'm fine, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it." Thalia's pretty sure she can't die. Every time she's injured, her body heals itself. After running away from her foster family and wandering the streets of LA for several years, Thalia is rec...
"You're a fucktard." "You're a virgin bitch." ------------------------------------ Two lines that will change two lives forever. Kaitlyn Summers is a typical 'good girl', meaning she always does her homework, always at school and always the one picked on. Nevertheless, she didn't care about that. With her best frien...
It’s the middle of fall semester at Commonwealth University, and Cara Oliver is the resident assistant on the ninth floor of the Hynes Hall dormitory. Being an RA means she’s exempt from paying for her private room. Better yet, she earns a stipend in exchange for keeping the hallway clean, mediating roommate disputes...
My shoes are soaked all the way to the socks, and I feel numb, almost to the point of falling over, like when you're not sure if you have any body parts left to control. My exhausted legs keep trudging on because they know their destination is near. The town should be just beyond the crest of the hill in front of me...