I squeeze my eyes shut when I feel my throat closing up, suddenly I find myself gasping for oxygen with my arms wrapped tightly around my torso, hugging myself. As I rock back and forth on the heels of my feet, I beg for this to be some twisted nightmare that will go away when I wake up. But it's not.
"Please," I muttered, "this isn't real. This isn't real. This isn't real. God please let this not be real. Please. Please." I croaked out into the silence, my voice barely above a measly whisper.
I cover my ears with my hands, this isn't happening. This isn't happening. This is happening.
After a few minutes I open my eyes and slowly uncross my arms. I need help.
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Valerie Ellings. The girl with a smile always gracing her lips and a loving attitude that draws everyone in.
Now she's the aftermath of a horrifying sexual assault. The once carefree girl long gone, and in it's place was someone determined to hide her pain from the world now more than ever.
The police didn't believe her, her university's president didn't believe her, and if they didn't, who would? The people who were supposed to help her are the ones threatening her and forcing her to stay quiet, leaving her to discover that something bigger and more appalling than she could imagine is going on behind the scenes.
Learning to face her traumas and slowly heal, Valerie goes in a journey of self-discovery with a new determination to not be silenced.
Trigger Warnings: sexual assault, child abuse, depression, self harm, anxiety [attacks], mature language and themes
Started: 3/9/2021
When you experience the worst thing you could ever imagine, how do you react?
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"The water looked so tempting under me as I stood there in the dark. The splashing sounds as the waves hit the stone calmed me down and I took a deep breath.
Yes. This was it.
I closed my eyes and took one step closer, feeling the curb under the soles of my shoes when I stopped again. Then my heart started pounding when I heard the sound of an angry engine behind me, a screech and a crash.
I turned around, gasping, ready to pick my phone up from the ground to call for help- but what met me was a pair of soul-searching golden eyes. In all his twisted glory, he stood in front of me, his precious motorcycle's engine still going as it laid on the ground behind him. His hand reached out, as if asking me to wait, but neither of us said anything.
We just stood there."
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Olivia was a happy, cheerful girl whose life turned upside down one evening, over a phone call. Her mind turned dark, her thoughts became intrusive, and she became... morose.
One night everything seemed to fall apart and she found herself at the river banks when an old friend found her and refused to let her go. That night kickstarted something in her that made her want to change... for him.
Helix was a misunderstood man surrounded by dark rumors. People feared him. Everyone stayed away from him.. Except Olivia.
Olivia's life is in danger; can she fight her way out of the black hole before it's too late?
⚠️ Mature audiences only
TW: includes adult themes such as suicide, sexuality, alcohol and other mental health-related issues - viewer discretion is advised