Mortis

Hayden Marshall has lived a life of luxury with her aunt Julie in Loray, California since her mother fell ill and could no longer care for her as a child. Now eighteen years old and ready to graduate high school with her childhood best friend and love John, she is ready to start the next chapter of her life. She shows promise as a young fiction writer with a best selling author as her mentor and guide. Hayden's life is as perfect as one could ask minus the illness and absence of her mentally unstable mother. Yet, the sudden appearance of a man whose motive is just as enigmatic as the shade of his eyes changes everything. Hayden is then faced with the possible loss of the one thing she loves more than anything-the only constant in her life. She is left with a choice: trust this strange man who makes her skin crawl and her heart race all at once, or lose what she loves most. Is this strange man the answer or is he the cause? How far is she willing to go and how much of her humanity is she willing to sacrifice?