Meet Skye Barker. She pretty, smart, heartbroken, and Adam Barker's little sister. Meet Chace Matthews. He's cocky, gorgeous,a player, and Adam Barker's best friend. Chace has spent years making Skye's life a living hell, but when he comes back after the summer things change. Add in Skye's ex-boyfriend, best friend, and over protective brother and things start to get complicated.

Meet Tatum Jameson. She is a 17 year old junior living in the shadow of her twin older siblings. When her brother and sister drag her to a party and encourage her to make friends, her life changes forever. Meet Dempsey Larson. He is a 18 year old senior playing football and preparing for college. He has big dreams of becoming a doctor. What happens when things go too far with his best friend's little sister and his parents won't take no for an answer. Follow the lives of the pair as the begin to expect the unexpected.

Lay down here, beside me in the shallow water. © Copyright 2020. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be copied, reproduced, displayed, modified, distributed without the express prior written permission of the copyright holder. For permission, contact mamacxta on Wattpad.com

EPILOGUE WILL BE FREE STARTING JUNE 29TH, 2023! Diana wakes up in pain, tied to a bed and unable to escape. She's been trapped by a group of surgeons with a twisted passion and she's their next victim. ***** Diana Slater, a typical University student, wakes up in pain, tied to a bed and unable to see. After a mysterious figure, known only as Dr. Sweeney, nurses her back to health she finds out the truth. The Doctor has kidnapped her and given her a cat's eyes as part of a larger ploy to turn humans into collectibles. Now she's being trained by Ben, another patient, with the skin of a snake, on how to behave. Diana and Ben are forced to work together to try to escape the murderous doctors - until she discovers Ben might not be the victim he makes himself out to be. The only person Diana can trust is herself, and if she fails, her eyes won't give her another nine lives. [[Winner of the 2018 Fiction Awards for Best Horror Story]] [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston