After her mom's death, a seventeen-year-old Emma Jones moves into an old family house in the countryside with her dad. While trying to find the meaning in what happened in the past and adjust to her new life, Emma soon finds out that after dad leaves for work, she is not the only one present at her new home. The old house which belonged to her mom's family for generations, hides much more than just warm memories. And it's all hidden in the mirrors.
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This story is written as a part of the Open Novella Contest III challenge and you can find more about it here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/208531284-open-novella-contest-iii
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The story was inspired by the romance prompt 64: ''the last thing you expected when your family moved into an old mansion, was finding it haunted by the ghost of an unjustly executed soldier. Let alone finding yourself drawn to him.''
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Cover was created by a wonderful @PerpetuallyAwkward
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Also, just a reminder that this is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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