The Vortex
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  • Reads 135
  • Votes 14
  • Parts 5
  • Time 33m
Ongoing, First published Jul 04, 2021
Mature
Camila Smith is a 17 year old girl, living in the town of Dockstrew in southern Maine, from the surface her life appears untangled...caring parents, good grades, great relationships with her classmates,her childhood friend Mason always by her side..
But..was it the truth? 
No one saw past her façade...not after that one night that made her build walls so high up ,no one could get past them to see who she really was.

For Camila, Aiden Creed the "new guy" in town was like a sudden tide that engulfed her leaving nothing in its aftermath, the feeling of fear and everything she wanted to run away from..but..he was also the only anchor keeping her from drowning.

Little did she know...he had demons of his own.

Out of nowhere bodies started turning up, people being murdered in cold blood.
Suddenly Camila's world is forced to crumble and come crashing down..but..does she see the whole truth..or is she blinded by someone else's façade?
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"I never meant for this to happen.." he says murmuring to himself so low you could only hear if you were really listening.

"What?" I ask in question, accompanied by the sounds of waves crashing on the shore and the gentle breeze blowing past us.

He turns to my side placing one of his hands under his head to lay on it and laying the palm of his other hand on my cheeks, eyes burning into mine as his eyebrows furrowed in concentration for a fraction of a minute before a gentle smile tugged on his lips."Us" he takes a slight pause before continuing, "I never meant for us to happen."
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Falling in love with an enemy knowingly is wrong. What if, it happens unknowingly? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " W-what this? " I lost the ability to speak English properly. I understood what was that but I couldn't function. My heart didn't believe this. The marriage we had cannot be fake. It didn't feel fake. " Why? Can't you understand the clearly written words? " He said. Yes, he answered me. But why was he behaving this way? I moved towards him and stood in front of him. I just can't get what this means? Was this fake? Why? What did I do to deserve this? " I c-can't understand anything," I said slowly. I just wish this comes out to be a fake thing. All of this a joke. I helplessly looked towards him. He was quiet and looked emotionless. I felt scared of his behavior for the first time. This is not true. It can't be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Briar Eliza Shah or Eliza Joseph is a 19 years old girl - she does have a lot of DARK secrets from the horrible past. Still, she is not the innocent one or any good kinda word that can describe her, instead, she is the hard one here, incredibly stubborn but still has a heart where the good side and the painful side is buried hidden deep somewhere and there is also fear of her HUNTERS ... Here meet the one and only Cayden Donovan, he's not your only typical Greek god looking guy but also has an incredibly cold nature. He's not the one to stay back when he's scared, he fights and ends it ....ends his fears and the fear here is not any kind of failure but instead, it's the past and his search for the people in it, he is secretive and loves to keep it that way. But what will happen when he meets Briar? Cover by @chrmar04