This is just a random book that I work on once in a while so don't expect quick updates lol I will hopefully upload like once or twice a week, thank you! 🌹
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"You wouldn't understand...." I trailed off, my voice was starting to crack but I didn't want to walk away from him, it would just make me look more like a coward than I already am.
"Oh I'm sure I could understand if you would actually speak up and tell me what the hell is going on with you?! You haven't been the same lately Angel, and I care. I want to help, why can't you see that?!" Zach yelled, he brought his arm up and wiped away the tears streaming from his face. I looked down, trying to find the right words but I couldn't. He would never understand, even if I tryed explaining it to him, he would just laugh and say I'm crazy. I hate hurting him like this but I have to... I need to figure it out on my own...
"You have nothing to say, seriously?" He spoke, his own voice cracking like mine did.
I stayed silent, hoping that it would just end, it took a minute for him to get himself back together before looking at me again, reaching out for my arm and taking my sleeve, making me look back up at him and into his eyes.
"I'll leave you alone Angel... And I don't want you anywhere near me until your ready to tell me what the fuck is happening.." With that being said he walked away, leaving me standing there alone. I looked at where he was once standing, letting the tears flow out of my eyes.
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Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice.
[[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]]
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