Our Summer Escape (Astra Series #1)

Some things you just can't avoid, like falling in love. As much as you try to avoid, or search for it, it always seems to find you, or elude you. It seemed to find me every corner I turned, and I always tried to avoid it but alas, for some unknown reason, it found me. I retell my story in this writing, my story of love, deceit, power, and loss. Would you join me if I told you I could give you anything? Even love? Tell me what you need and I will grant you what you wish for. But before I do, will you join me in the retelling of this story? And if you will join me, then watch, carefully, the Shadows.

𝑌/𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝐻𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑃𝐶'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝐾𝑎𝑓𝑘𝑎 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑠. 𝐴𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑌/𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟. 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑!!! 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝐇𝐎𝐘𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄. 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕤: 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑➪ 03-10-24 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑➪ 03-23-24 𝐸𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑➪ 𝑬𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓⚠︎

Ever felt like you never really remembered what you had for dinner the night before? You always had that feeling of not knowing anything. Why? You're a wandering soul, seeking for some kind of closure to who you are or were. The only thing you have is a necklace of a bird and a shooting star. You constantly walk around to hope for some kind of familiarity. Just as you are about to lose hope, a voice in the shadows spoke out to you: "Let me make a deal with you. If you are able to find out who gave you that necklace, you can have your body back. But if you don't within 6 months, I get to have your soul. Deal?" Would you take the deal? Aren't you just slightly curious to find out something about yourself and the people you use to know? ----------------------- Written from: May 5th, 2017 - Sept 26th, 2017

To be in love was something that any human would live for. And to be loved, was something that any human would die for. Your life was perfect. You have your first love that was now become your fiancé, the two of you have a stable income, a wonderful beach house, and a future that was written so neatly that everyone could see it. But then, what would happen if something that you hide for years started to jeopardize your perfect life? A secret that once again, appeared to shook another relationship that you had. When it ignited tragedy after tragedy; the loss of your life pieces, him losing someone that he loves, him having you but never all of you-everything burns so fast like a wildfire in a span of days. Could you stop the fire even after the damaged were done? 🎨Cover Art by rescuie on X

I am Shu Tokino Croosalba and they call me 'Shuki' for short. I am married to Haimon Del Gazini, one of the most powerful and rich man in our City. It's been one year ever since we got married, and everyone envy me for being with the most handsome and perfect guy in the City though... No one knows that behind his perfect life and perfect body, he had a deep secret that even I do not know. A secret that I wanted to unfold yet I cannot, even though we were married for one year, he never told me anything. Whenever I try to ask, he will end up saying, 'don't you ever trust me?' then he would always said, 'I love you so much and I don't want you to get hurt', and I believe in him, why... In one year of our marriage, he never failed of showing and feeling me with so much love that I even forget to get a divorce since that I wanted to end it with him. Why? Because our marriage was just on a paper! For our one year of marriage, he never ever consummates our marriage. I'm a married woman yet, I'm still a married virgin wife.

"𝗜𝗳 𝗜 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲, 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗜'𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗻?" "It always gets so dark without you, how could I?" - Two doors. Two dimensions. The parallel worlds that are named 'D.I.M 1' and 'D.I.M 2'. First world, one that is only a regular life. Perfectly normal and upright, until it starts getting questionable. A world that you could fall upon without knowing and could be in right now. As for the second world, it only makes you want to quit and never come back. You lose everything and everyone. Zen Vermiel, Kazuo Kade, Cicero Sager, and Rehan Tryiar meet that fate in 'D.I.M 1' along with a few others and due to their carefree actions, this has been a journey filled with regret. ➪ Mature themes ahead ©SHAMA / Myjflower_101 November 2020 - Not completed An Adventure Story

❝My entire story is a grim web of lies in which I am drowning, as though in a dark abyss of fear and despair. And no one can pull me out of it, because, fortunately, no one will ever know the truth. Why? Because even I don't know it. ❝Pretending to be a normal person doesn't mean actually being normal. I thought that if I acted like I wasn't myself, everything would work out. I was wrong. Because someone already knows who I really am. ❝If I stop-I'll die.