How do you control your future when your future is controlled by the past? That's a question Dylan Foster has been struggling to answer for years. His parents are dead. But the family feud with a violent gang is still very much alive, and they're after him. That's why he's constantly on the run, searching for a home he can finally be safe in. What will happen when he finds home not in a house but in a thrill-seeking girl? Henley McAdams is one stubborn girl and when she wants something, she gets it. Little does she know, the thing she wants could possibly get her killed. With a hunger for danger and plans to leave the rough town of Reymont, she gets way more than she asks for. How will she feel when her plans to escape are ruined by a hot-tempered homeless boy?

**BOOK 1: COMPLETE** Mercatija (Mer - cah - tee - yah) I've always known my soul is tied to another. It's the way of my people, the Mercatija. But why does it have to be him?! Why do I need a warrior - correction- the Mercatijan's DEADLIEST warrior - to protect me? I'm just a writer! What could I possibly need protecting from? This is the first book of a two-part series and follows the journey of Jazmine Le Matise, a young author who values her independence above all else. However, her comfortable, guarded life is rattled when a certain man enters it. Darius Rekeseau, the one man her soul is tied to and the world's deadliest warrior. She rebels against him, refusing to accept this fate, she doesn't need him! That is, until a demon, the King of the Demons, begins to hunt her and she needs her soulmate to protect her...... ****** Highest Ranking #1 female warrior

Emotions. Every day in our life we are constantly feeling different emotions. They might be good, bad, funny, or sad; it can vary from time to time and people to people. I do have to say that the way we deal with our emotions is what really interests me. In the past few years of high school, I had to learn how to grow a lot and learn how to stand up for myself. As I look back to the moments that I was pushed into a corner, I wish I had the strength that I have today to not hideaway. Many people out there when they are feeling down, they tend to hide away from others and their feelings. Others, like me, we like to sing. Many songs tell a story. Sometimes you are able to relate to the song and be able to realize that the feeling you have is valid. To be able to process your feelings and realize that you are not alone in your time of need. Taylor Swift has always connected with me. She is able to write feelings into words that I cannot fathom in emotional stages. Her literature expertise also allows me to create a story when listening to her songs and feel a part of the story of her album. So that is the reason why I, Serena White, am standing in the middle of Washington High School's stage singing Mean by Taylor Swift.