❝If I'm going to write a book it will be about you − about your flaws − because when I first fell in love with you it was because of your flaws.❞ All rights reserved @ o p t i c a l i t y | 2017

It doesn't matter how she ended up in this four-walled room. What matters is she gets out. ***** After a night out in New York City, Liliana Rossi wakes up in a windowless room with no recollection of how she got there. And she's not alone. The dark and tattooed Mateo Aguilar is also held captive. As the two struggle to survive and hatch an escape plan, they also struggle with growing attraction toward each other, facing Lili with the biggest question yet: is Mateo the reason she's here, or the one who's going to save her? ✨ Wattys 2018 Shortlist & Featured Story ✨ Content warning: this story references themes that readers might find triggering, including drug use and sexual assault. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]] Cover designed by Stefanie Saw

❝ i have found as much beauty in the Dark . . . as i have found horrors in the Light. ❞ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ In which a broken young girl is forced to confront her inner demons after finding herself lost in a forest with nothing but a mysterious, bodiless voice for company. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ AUTHOR'S NOTE !!! i wrote this story back in 2017 and am thoroughly embarrassed by the mere thought of it it's completely corny im sorry