(First DRAFT in The Crimson Series) A Missing Girlfriend, A Dangerous Adoptive Father, A Lustful Adoptive Mother, and A girl with longing eyes. When Asher was young, he stumbled upon Juliet as she twirled through the vacant halls of Rosewood Academy. Her beauty was enticing, so in hopes of getting a closer look, he stepped out of the shadows, and while her eyes captured him, her feet never stopped moving. For once, his mind wasn't occupied with his anger for his sister, or his mother's final screams, and before he knew it, Juliet fell into his arms. A smile reached her lips, and at that moment, Asher knew he would never let her go as she guided him across the hall in a tight embrace. Every tragedy that ever happened in Asher's life flashed before his blue irises, but Juliet, in all her splendor, brought to life every fantasy he ever imagined. Juliet took Asher's hand, and she didn't release him until he was clothed in diamonds, expensive suits, and Clive Christian's Imperial cologne. Only the best for the boy she loved more than her own life. Their love was cosmic, but the Goulding's molded Asher into their image over time until he walked with luxury. The dreadful night of Asher and Juliet's engagement took Goulding Manor by storm as Juliet's car drove over Hell's Gateway bridge, sending the lover's miles into an endless lifetime without each other. When Asher wakes up in the hospital, he has no memory of Juliet except for a beautiful nightmare. Now Asher has to protect Juliet's latest project, Margo Kennedy, in hopes of remembering the beauty of Rosewood Academy without dying at the hands of her father. Will Asher's love for Juliet conquer the wrath of David Goulding, or is their love already tainted?

• A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY • • highest rank | #92 in mystery/thriller • Having two business partners for parents meant they worked extra long shifts, and possibly, an addition of night shifts. Therefore, being alone at home in the middle of the night was something Emilia Khafari could handle. Until, that is, her best friend sneaks through her back door dripping with blood that is not her own. { extended summary inside } { cover by @florral }

|| a wattpad featured story || Who, or what, killed Cassie? Mere days after graduation, Cassie goes missing only to turn up dead in the forest near the Ponotoka River. Nobody seems to know anything about what happened to Cassie, but Luke remembers parts of that fateful night. The thing is, he believes he is partly responsible for his once close friend's death. Now a freshman in university, he is determined to find out the truth about how she died. To find the truth, though, he has to search for it. The thing is, the truth is a little messy. As he and his friends go on a wild goose chase to trace back Cassie's life before she died, he begins to question himself: who was Cassie, really? Was this the same girl he thought he knew? ____________________________________ *Highest Rank: #73 in Mystery/Thriller *Winner of the Phoenix Wars Wordsmith category* *MATURE CONTENT: mentions of sex, alcohol, self harm, drug use, and frequent swearing*