Life Longings
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Last published Fri, Aug 8, 2025
A larger than life, obsessed with mysteries, driven girl and a quiet, beachside town do not go together. Kiana, in search of more to the mundane life she currently lives, fixates on a recent series of robberies committed in her usually boring town amidst the mayoral election.
She enlists-technically blackmails-the school's football captain Zaire, who also happens to be the son of a detective in her sleuthing, alongside her family-like friend group who all aid in possibly solving the mystery of Scylla Bay.
Sprinkle in an unexpected murder, a reluctant romance that grows out of hatred, and a scarily controlling upper class and government, Kiana begins to wonder what was she really longing for?
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