Haunted by the Shadows [UNDER EDITING]
15 parts Ongoing MatureI growled fiercely, trying to hide my fear. "You should stop runnin'. Avoiding the dark won't get you anywhere."
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"I never asked to have this side of me, but hiding it was the hardest part of my life."
Jake Sterling is an intelligent, mysterious and unyielding teenage boy with a stubborn heart, especially when it comes to protecting what matters most. But soon...his life takes a dangerous path. Someone with his face makes a decision to step out of the shadows. Someone by the name of...Damien. Jake eventually learns that he and Damien are so different despite wearing the same face as each other which comes at the cost of finding his true identity. It was something that significantly changed his entire life, something that was supposed to be hidden, something that made him create a monster.
Now-he's in danger.
Damien puts on a facade to manipulate the people closest to Jake, even going as far as forming alliances with his enemies and sabotaging his relationships. The feeling of being trapped between two worlds throughout the relentless struggle left him under constant threat of exposure. Desperate to escape this endless nightmare, he asks one of his closest friends for help. The closest friend goes by the name of Lucinda Hawthorne. She is smart, warm-hearted, and self-driven. She refuses to abandon him after knowing the danger that he's in and the potential cost of knowing his hidden identity. What begins as loyalty slowly deepens into a bond strong enough to keep Jake alive.
Jake must decide whether or not he wants to face Damien and the shadows that haunt him-or run from the truth and his inner demons...forever. Will Jake continue to live in fear? Will Jake be able to keep up with his identity crisis and escape the endless terror? Will Lucinda stay by his side?
This story explores betrayal, survival, loyalty and identity with dark and suspenseful themes threaded with romance.