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Ongoing, First published May 03, 2019
Mature
"Fucking hell, Bernadette."

I throw Alaric a smile, pulling myself up to the next ring.

"Come on, live a little." 

He peers up at me, a frown gracing his features.

"Get the fuck down before you fall. I don't want to deal with a broken Bernadette right now."

"Then come and get me." I taunt.

Alaric runs an irritated hand through his hair before taking the first ring.

"If I die, this is on you. Trust me when I say you won't like the punishment." He acknowledges, his voice almost breathless as he climbed the ladder. 

"Hm, that's a little kinky." 

"You'd be the type to like it."

My mouth drops open and he shoots me a smirk.

"Look at that, I left you speechless." Alaric hauls himself up onto the ledge of the flat roof next to me. 

"You wish."

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A book of love, friendship, and spontaneous adventures that encompasses the soul of what many teenagers crave. Freedom. 

Freedom to be themselves.
Freedom to be awake when the city lights turn on and asleep when they click off.
Freedom to rule to world. Or their small town... that works too.
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