When Julia O'Connell's ex-best friend and current enemy, Colton West, returns from juvie for their final year of high school, accidents start happening around her-accidents that begin to put her life at risk. *** Thick as thieves, Julia O'Connell and Colton West once strode through their childhood with laughter and devotion to one another. But when Julia leaves the summer before they start high school, that all changes, and she finds her best friend a shell of who he used to be. Cold and heartless, Colton fills the role of the bad boy in their high school, up until he gets himself arrested and put into juvie. That is the last Julia hears of her ex-friend, until senior year rolls by, presenting Colton: who is just as rude but much more dangerous. Everyone is terrified of him, but Julia can't help but feel heartache and anger every time she looks his way. That is, until a series of events start threatening her life, and she finds herself at the mercy of the man she once called a friend. With a new lens and a keener eye, Julia starts to look at everyone around her in a different perspective, questioning if the threat is closer to her than she realized, all while thinking what really happened that summer. Content warning: This story contains sexual content, strong language, and themes of bullying, sexual assault and violence.

❝He was the scary story parents read to their kids. And she fell in love with a monster.❞ ----- Xanthe Jacox is a sarcastic, fierce and down to earth eighteen-year-old. Did I mention sarcastic? She's that one girl who would probably be the first to get killed in a horror movie just for shouting 'hello?' to absolutely nothing, so God knows what'll happen if she gets kidnapped. Which she does. By Alaska's most wanted outlaw and famous gang leader. Enter Arsen Reed; dangerous, dark and cold-hearted. No one knows why he's like that, or how he's like that. But once he lays eyes on Xanthe, everyone knows she belongs to him. But Arsen hides a lot of secrets, and Xanthe has a fair share of her own, too. Despite the thin line between love, hate, goofy guys and lovesick gangsters, things for Arsen, Xanthe and the rest of the group are not looking up. That's what happens when you turn into a criminal. So walk through this story with me, filled with drama, crazy idiots, murder, many - confusing - plots and, most important of all, reckless love. ----- ❝Pretty little words covered your dark and crooked heart. With a forked tongue, I fell in love, then I fell apart. You are so cold-hearted.❞ ----- Buckle up, kids. This is going to be a nasty ride. TRIGGER WARNINGS: Contains swearing, starts off as cliche, mentions of rape (not related to MC), and it gets disturbing. Read at your own risk. ¡WRITTEN IN 2018, SO CRINGE ALERT¡ Best Rankings in order (hehe): ||#1 TeenFiction|| || #1 Humor || | #2 possessive | | #2 psycholover | | #3 projectgiggle | Copyright © authoriswriting 2018