~I stepped in a puddle and slipped, right in the middle of the street. I fell hard, my glasses becoming lopsided. Mud splattered all over my clothes, and a hole ripped through the right side of my cardigan. But that wasn't the worst of it.
HOOOOONK!
I gasped and looked up to see an eighteen-wheeler headed my way. Its lights were on, but it had obviously seen me too late.
Quickly, I tried scrambling to my feet, but slipped again in the water. I desperately gazed back to the truck, on my stomach, with mud all over my face. But just before collision happened... someone grabbed me by the back of my shirt. It happened so quickly, but I remember the person carried me with lightning speed to the side of the road, still lying down. The trunk zoomed past, horn still sounding loudly. When I tried to twist around to see who had saved me, no one was there.~
Ever since her father died, constantly moving, leaving friends behind, and struggling through teenage-hood was the life of Willow Summers. Her walk with God had hit rock bottom, but she had no idea how to fix it. And that's when she, her mother, and her brother moved to Warm Oaks.
Warm Oaks seemed an ordinary city on the outside, but once arriving, Willow finds out that not only does her mortal enemy - Daren Vale Jr. - live there, but there was also a claimed "superhero" running around the streets and saving people. She had serious doubts about the latter statement, but when he's proven real to her, the girl feels the need to investigate. But,when she does, she discovers that the Silhouette wasn't just a random superhero - he was connected to her, her family, and her past in more ways than she could imagine.
"I've been looking for you."
There was an unexpected rasp to his voice, a hint of desperation. He stretched out one hand, as if to brush it across my cheek, or perhaps wrap it around my throat.
Oddly enough, I didn't know which option frightened me more.
*+*+*+*
Lily Burdett has an unfortunate gift for getting herself into tricky situations, but her luck is especially bleak the day she finds herself in the destructive path of the city's premier supervillain. When he grabs ahold of her, she reacts without thinking and stabs him twice in the shoulder, only surviving the encounter thanks to a nearby hero who intervenes on her behalf. Unfortunately, her villain vows to get even. Everywhere she turns, he's there, and with each bizarre encounter more doubts fill her head as to his true intentions.
*enemies to lovers/slowburn