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Chasing Shadows

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Reads 351
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Parts 20
Time 6h 27m

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𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨.
𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬.

"He's trouble in a smirk and a leather jacket. I'm the idiot who followed him into the dark. Now we've got a secret we can't bury... and someone who wants to bury us instead."

On April 14th, the suicide of Brooke Bishop is tossed aside as old news. But Layla Robinson's been haunted by the lingering doubt that something more sinister was at play. When more "suicides" follow, Layla's suspicions grow stronger, compelling her to embark on a dangerous quest for the truth. 

Enter Maven Walker, the enigmatic and impossibly handsome new student at her high school. With a reputation for trouble and a past shrouded in mystery, Maven is the last person Layla wants to team up with. But as the bodies pile up, she finds herself reluctantly joining forces with him, drawn by his keen instincts and determination to uncover the killer.

As they delve deeper into the investigation, Layla and Maven unearth secrets that go beyond their small town's darkest corners. Each clue brings them closer to a chilling revelation, and the sparks of animosity between them ignite into an unexpected flame of attraction.

In a race against time, Layla must navigate her growing feelings for Maven while facing the shadows of a cunning murderer. Can they unravel the mystery before the killer strikes again, or will their own hearts be the next victims?All Rights Reserved

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A Dance of Souls Entwined

Layla is a college student, desperately in love with her friend Lucas. His rejection leads her to his best friend, Alex, whose comforting presence soon turns into a deep connection. But Layla doesn't realize she is in love with him, until it's too late. Years after she loses Alex, a sudden, unexpected turn of events throws her into a situation where reality and fantasy collide, blurring the lines between truth and illusion, between right and wrong. Into a situation, where she questions everything she knows, everything she believes in, even her sanity. Join Layla on an enchanting journey where fate twists and turns, and destiny calls. Welcome to a world where quantum physics meets medieval sorcery, heartbreak ignites magic, and fate grants second chances. Welcome to a world where Good battles against Evil and the most powerful weapon is love. "She focused on his strong hand wrapped around her arm. The contact was burning her skin. He emanated a heat that, despite everything, still felt affectionate, still filled with longing and desire every pore of her body. She was unable to fear him, to hate him, to lose faith in him. A notion shone in her mind. They were right. The languishing poets and the lyrical songwriters. The passionate dreamers and the stubborn optimists. The amorous authors and the rom-com filmmakers. The yearning fools, the lovelorn teenagers, the outrageously naive, the hopelessly romantic. They were right all along. True love never dies."