Walking down alone, in a dark place with a few lights shouldn't scare me at all. I walk to school and back home, this should be a normal thing. In fact, why should I be scared at a shadow behind me?
Probably just some people passing by, or a creeper that may or may not ignore me, or ... A drunkard that just walks really straight. Any Idea's is as good as mine. I glanced behind me when curiosity strikes me. Oh god, a man of 20-30's walking, hands in his front pockets and head down while smoking a cigarette. When he moved his head back up, instantly I look forward again and started to walk.
Walking at a dark place with earphones is not such a bad idea. The bad news is that I forgot my earphones, so that's the part where we will all cry.
I start to walk faster to well, get home faster. But then, the man behind me started spacing behind me too. Suspicious, I slowed down my walk and sometimes jog to see if the guy behind me is... Following. Oh dear god, I surely hope not.
I look behind me to see if he is still there. Maybe he got tired or something, or found another human to feast on. My eyes landed on red glowing ones, which made me panic. So I started running, blinded by fear, I made stupid choices. They're not real right? They're a fantasy, fairy tale. This must be a dream, a delusion.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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