Olivia is just like any other girl. Almost. However Olivia and other girls are divided by one small detail: Olivia's touch slowly kills you, from the inside out. Olivia, being such a safety hazard, is captured by the government and locked in a state of the art cell, dismissing all chances of freedom and normality. Soon after her capture, her dystopian society is changing, and a revolution forms. This uprising throws the government into havoc, and they soon turn to Olivia, hiring her to be the Lead Governor's personal assassin, and to protect him from the havoc that the revolution threatens to cause. Olivia accepts the offer, seeing it as a chance to escape the wickedness of the government. However, throughout her time assassinating under the influence of her captors, she falls hopelessly in love with the governors son, tying herself in a tangled knot, making her escape increasingly difficult to manoeuvre and produce. Can Olivia escape the influence of the government? And more importantly, does she want to?

The first time Mel saw Dean was in an elective class called Madness in Literature. He had been sitting a few rows down in his green parka, writing furiously into his notebook. Something about him made her stop and stare, and it felt like she hasn't looked away since. But there is a reason why Dean seldom comes to class. And why he seems reluctant to be her friend. And why he disappears for ages with answering her messages. Mel would have been bothered by all of it, except that she doesn't care. When it comes to Dean, she was willing to overlook a lot of things. This is a short story about two young people trying to find themselves and instead stumbling upon love.

Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * NOTE AS OF 04/2026: This is the old version of the story from 2012. It is currently being reprised, which you can also find under my profile here in wattpad as "5:48 [reprised]"

A 17 year old girl finds out about her fathers secret government business that specialises in making people's life hell She is kidnapped, tortured and can't do anything about it. Will she escape this hell or will she suffer years of torture? ~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~| Written by: Bronte.K

And your eyes were telling lies to my heart ~ C.A.