Affliction

A deal is a deal and a debt must be paid.

Freya is your average high school girl just trying to pass math class when she is plagued with reoccurring nightmares that seem to get more and more intense until she wakes up with a bloody wound on her flesh and some strange black substance in her bed. Convinced she is going insane Freya tries to ignore the signs that something strange is happening.
But when her worlds collide will Freya have what it takes to fight the darkness threatening to consume her or will she fall prey to a world she never knew existed?

Declan has one job. Keep her alive, but that is easier said than done. The only thing harder than keeping her alive is staying away from her...

Excerpt:
"Oh god," I whispered as air rushed in and out of my lungs, burning my throat with every breath.
I concentrated on putting one foot in front of the other, trying not to trip over fallen logs and exposed roots as I ran. All around me, the forest lay dormant, the once comforting scenery twisted into a horrible nightmare. The thought of that mangled creature's body touching mine was enough to make my legs run faster, despite the exhaustion I felt in every millimeter of my body. My blood pounded through my veins until I could hear my heartbeat like a frantic drummer without a rhythm. I didn't have to look behind me to know what was chasing me. I would remember that image for the rest of my life. Its grey flesh littered with small cuts; Black sludge had oozed from the abrasions on its skin. Its long stringy hair blocking most of its facial features, but not its teeth. The creature's teeth had been stained red with blood-and not it's own. The blood belonged to the small young woman the beast had been chomping on like she was an all-night buffet.