[ UPDATES EVERY WEDNESDAY ] ❝And now you're just a stranger; with all of my secrets.❞ Emryn Grace has always been late, and consequently, she misses her connecting flight back to LA. Aiden Mendes has always seen things in monochrome, but when he crosses paths with Emryn at an airport, the world through his glasses begins to gain some color. One missed connecting flight. Two young strangers. A storm. No 'butterflies' or 'time stopped when their eyes met'. Just burning annoyance towards her simmering down his back every five minutes and his cold demeanor and 'ironic' eyes, piercing through her own walls. But add in a wild game of twenty-one questions and bold moves, their story might not be so black and white anymore. ▃ ▃ | MULTIMEDIA CHICKLIT // PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS 'State of Flux' | Highest ranks: #8 on Airport out of 3.75K stories #15 on Adults out of 1.87K stories #52 on Hilarious out of 5.9 K stories NOTE | this story is a first draft; aka highly unedited.

Book One. Complete. Arden was a fighter, or as Daryl liked to call her- a firecracker. But when Arden's brother goes missing that fire starts to die out and she is faced with a decision: stay with the man who saved her life or leave to find the only family she has left.

Rule #1- trust no one Rule #2- never be without a weapon Rule #3- only go out during the day Rule #4- keep your heart locked up tight Rule #5- stay alive Vienna only lives by five rules. But with a group at her doorstep begging for safety, her rules are violated. Her past, and her secret, must stay hidden. Yet, a deer stealing, crossbow wielding redneck seems hellbent on bringing those secrets out into the open. Rule #1- shoot em in the head Rule #2- there are never enough arrows Rule #3- trust no one outside of the group Rule #4- let no in Rule #5- stay alive Daryl only lives by five rules. But when the groups safety is in jeopardy, and they stumble upon a prison inhabited by a woman with stunning blue eyes, his rules are thrown out the window. He knows he should stay away from the woman and her secrets, but the scars on her back mirror his own, and he becomes curious. Who needs rules anyway. Rules are meant to be broken I do not own any of The Walking Dead characters. I do, however, own my character Vienna and whoever I come up with along the way :) I suck at writing descriptions. Please give it a chance!