He can make you want the strangest things. He can make you want to kill yourself. He can make you kill the people you love. He can make you want him. And once he has set his eyes on you...You're a goner.
"Stop. Please..." My voice betrays me. Desire overcomes the panic, desperation, and fear. I knew he was smirking, I knew he knew I was a goner. I was his.
He kissed me deeper, and deeper, and deeper. His hands traveled the length of my body and back, bewitching me even more. He was like an artist, and I was his inspiration, no, his master piece. The power that bled from those hands, the magic, the false love...
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Amanda is a quiet shy girl just trying to get through high school un-noticed. She has an amazing group of friends, who are un-popular and proud of it. They're the only people who could make her laugh and come out of the shell shes built around herself. So when one friend suggests they spend Halloween in a grave yard, she complies thinking nothing could go wrong. She couldn't be more wrong.
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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