This Side of You

Be careful on which side you are looking at, you might only realize it once the strings are too impossible to cut.

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Everything seemed well and perfect for Claudia Broones: she aced her exams with ease, was a consistent Dean's Lister, a proud cheerleader for her department, and lived a colorful life that blend perfectly with the privileges of youth and being a top student.

But everything took an unsettling turn the day Caden Holves-the campus's mysterious genius-started courting her.

At first, Claudia could still smile with butterflies swirling in her stomach whenever they were together. But as news piled up and got worse about young girls disappearing and being found dead-chills began to run down her spine.

All she knew was...

something felt off.

She couldn't explain why, of all times, every report resurfaced right when Caden was nowhere to be seen. Worse, she was caught in a loop: was knowing him worth the constant knots in her stomach, when every meeting only brought more shocking details she couldn't ignore?

Torn between her feelings for Caden and the terror of becoming the next victim, Claudia must choose: risk her trust... or listen to her gut.

But the real question is...

Will she even get the chance to decide?