Battle Scars
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"It's hard for the broken to love someone because that person can pull you out of a deep black hole or dig a deeper one."
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Her name is Maddison Page. His name is Ren Lee. Though they both seem like opposites during the day, they are alike at night. Both sharing the same secret but going through different troubles. Will Ren help Maddison with the monster that hides under her bed? Will Maddison help Ren will the demons that like to play behind his closed eyelids? Or will they leave each other with worst battle scars then they started with?
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I was staring at the shelf of breads ahead of me, trying to make the trip to the store longer than it really had to be, when I met him for the first time.
"Hey, are you okay?" He asked while putting his hand on my shoulder, making me jump into the air. I was too engrossed in thinking about what had happened this morning to notice that someone was behind me. When I turned around to say yes, I saw the most dashing guy I have ever seen before, but then again, I don't go out much, so how would I know.
"Do I know you from somewhere? You look very familiar?" I quickly grabbed a loaf of bread, trying to rush out before he realized that I was the nerd everyone walked all over in school. I wasn't in the mood to be pushed to the ground today when it already happened this morning at home.
"No, I think you are mistaking me for someone else," I said as I brushed past him.
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