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-The second extract from the casefiles of D.I. Hawes and D.S. Gray-

When D.S. Edmund Gray first arrived on the doorstep of Coates Hill Preparatory School for Boys, I.D. in one hand and takeaway cup of steaming coffee in the other, his initial reaction was how glad he was not to have gone there.
His companion, a certain D.I. Cynthia Hawes, however, was more concerned about how easy it looked to climb out if the large, ornate Gothic style windows on the upper floors and make your way safely (ish) down to the ground below.
And to D.I. Hawes's intent amusement, not that she would ever admit it to another living soul, it seemed one of the  young boys had done just that.

Previous Hawes&Gray cases:
#1. Two Heads

Later Hawes&Gray cases:
#3. Lips White As Snow
#4. Watch Your BackAll Rights Reserved

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It's what you don't know. by LaniiM3

Sometimes you're better of not being left in the dark, because what you don't know... could hurt you. ★ EVERYTHING WAS A LIE. She'd been an expert at getting people to feel for her. I was so embarrassed to be her son sometimes. "You're ridiculous Cathy..." I said my voice full of defeat. She was smirking, looking away from me but I could see she wasn't concentrating. Sighing and feeling furious I picked up my keys from the flower pot where I'd put it and stormed of to my car. "Yeah go you stupid boy! You were always useless anyway!" I heard her scream before I drove off. It was comments like this that hurt but I kept it to myself, I didn't know who to tell if I decided to anyway. The story of my life.★ ★"Have you reached a verdict?" "We have your honour." The jury foreman responds. This is it. This is the moment that, as cliché as it sounds, we have all been waiting for. Everything had to be okay after this. It had to...★ Don't bother questioning about how much you know , it's what you don't know that's important. Layla Brixton is a young college student that unwillingly puts her sharing skills to a test when new boy Nick Anderson has to move into her home. But with loving best friend xzavier and caring parents I'm sure she will get through it.That is until she finds out not everything is as it seems. This book is full of betrayal, heartbreak, mystery,suspense,good times and bad. Take a look into Layla Brixton's life and find out what you don't know. ★ I pushed it open. And Xzavier came in last shutting it behind him. "Mum?!" I shout out "Mrs Brixton?!" Nick followed. "What's going on here why are you two shouting?" "The door it was left open." I answer Xzavier "Oh...well why would your mum leave the door open it's practically 0 degrees outside" he said taking of his gloves and shoving them in his pocket. Nick was still calling out my mums name but no reply came back. "She wouldn't" ★ Started:25/03/2018 Finished: 25/04/2018

Hostage (H.S) by adorethefics

*18+ Contains Mature and Explicit Content* *I don't bring my eyes up when I hear him pick up a knife.... I don't even want to see the size of it. His shoes come into my vision as he brings the flat side of the knife under my chin. He lightly pushes up making me look at him. "Let's have some fun shall we?" * Faye and her best friend Silas have always been inseparable. They had so much in common but there was always a part of him he was hiding from her. He would sneak off and she would never know of the things he does and would never ask until one day- everything goes wrong leaving her scared and in danger. A secluded house in the middle of the woods where Faye is being held hostage. Wanting to escape. A man owns the house who is in charge of looking after her. Keeping her there until his boss is ready to carry out his plan. Will she get the freedom she longs for or will she be forced to be apart of this dangerous, terrifying world? Highest Rankings: #1 in Harryedwardstyles #1in DarkHarry #1 in kidnap #2 in Harrystyles #5 in 1D #8 in Harry #2 in Mafiaboss

Stockholm Syndrome//H.S by dorkaliciousdama13

As I leave, the cold British wind greets me. I zip up my sweater, and start walking home. Thanks to my parents, I don't have a car. "You're too irresponsible for a car, Courtney. You can always save up for one once you leave this house," my father had scoffed when I asked him. I walk at a fast pace, hoping to avoid any random strangers lurking in the dark streets. "Hey, darling. What are you doing all alone in the dark?" I hear a voice ask. I pick up his deep, British accent. I ignore him, and start jogging. Just a few more streets... I hear his swift feet, and he grabs me from behind, pressing a wet cloth on my face. He drags me behind a building. My muffled screams are the only noise in the silent night. I try to break from his strong, yet careful hold. I wiggle under his grip, but he only lets out a sigh. "Shhhhh...don't scream...everything will be alright...shhhh..." he whispers. I feel warm tears slide down my face, and my eyesight blurs, and I stop screaming and escaping. The last thing I see are the swaying trees. Then... DARKNESS... ✯✯✯✯✯ 19-year-old Courtney Thompson hates her life. From her annoying stepmother, to her overprotective father. The only thing that keeps her alive is her brother and reading. She's always wanted to die, but after being kidnapped, all she wants is to live. Her kidnapper is beyond amazing. From the good looks, to his niceness. But that's what he is...a kidnapper. A killer. A stalker. ✯Will she fall for him, even if he kidnapped her?✯ ✯Will she find out the countless secrets that he hides?✯ ✯Will she escape?✯ Will she fall victim to... STOCKHOLM SYNDROME? ✯✯✯✯ © DorkaliciousDama13 2016 Please don't copy. This book is original, and it comes from a place called "BRAIN". Plus...you'll be in BIG trouble if you copy my book. I don't own 1D. (❤I Wish❤...)

My Kidnapper Likes Me by DakotaWiggins

I was walking to work one morning when a bag gets thrown over my head and I'm jerked back by two arms encircling my waist. My parents always told me this could happen as my father is the judge and put a high profile murderer behind bars. He set the bail at 1.2 million dollars and I honestly don't know why my father is still alive. I was in the courtroom but the little girl who was sitting next to me- maybe thirteen, so not really little- said there's no way he did it. Kids are a pretty good judge of character but I had to agree that some things looked off when the evidence was shown. The next thing I know the bag is pulled up some and a rag is put over my mouth and nose. I cringe inwardly at how cliché it is but hey chloroform does the trick and I'm out before we started moving.

Here by Bwilli2003

⚠️ MATURE⚠️ This story contains strong use of language and mature scenes. If you are offended easily do not read. •.• I snuggled into the comfortable warmth of the fluffy pillow as I was eager to go back to sleep. The fan lullabied me into a hazy state. Suddenly, a heavy weight landed on my waist, pulling me from the tired daze. I leaned up in shock as my hands flung forward defensively to push whoever was on me off. With a strong force, my shoulders were shoved backwards and into the mattress. Grunts of struggle filled the room as we fought each other. The offender grabbed my wrists and held them firmly above my head with one strong hand. Sobs of terror escaped from my chest as a thumb caressed my cheek to wipe away the spilled tears. "P-please let go of me," I begged, trembling. "You are so beautiful." A man's voice spoke, his large hand leaving my face and traveling down my body to squeeze my pelvic region. "Stop." I screeched, my demand ricocheting between the four bedroom walls. The man growled darkly. "If you scream again, I will kill you." I nodded keenly in response to show that I would not challenge his threat. His hand slowly freed my mouth, testing if I would disobey him. He reached into his pocket. A knife, zip tie, and a rag were all revealed. The view made me realize that this could be my last chance to get help. If I did not call out right now, he would take me. I would not make it out alive either way. I let out a bloodcurdling scream loud enough to wake up the whole neighborhood.

Cry for me by lread123456

The first body was left drained of every single drop of blood. It could have been mistaken for a bloodless crime if it weren't for the crimson streaks on the girls' face. Her terrified expression was frozen as her pierced eyes glared into the nothingness. What looked like her real tears blended in with the crimson streaks on her pale cheeks. It looked random until we learned that it must be the M.O. of the killer seeing as his second victim, my sister held those same markings. It had been an odd sight; she had looked peaceful and unharmed except for the bloody tears that couldn't be washed off no matter how hard they tried. My father, the head sheriff of the Southwood's police station, swore that he would bring my sister the justice she deserved, but things escalated fast. A new body was found nearly every month; Girls would go missing and would later be found with unremovable blood streaks on their faces. The blood was always old, and it belonged to other victims he killed. The stained faces of his victims led most parents to hold closed casket funerals. Only after nearly a year since the murders began did the cops learn that most of the bodies of the bloody faced victims had disappeared. It was a secret that they had yet to reveal to the public in fear of the people of Detroit making a mockery out of them. Surely, they had enough experience in their fields to not be outsmarted by one guy!

I Walk the Line ♤ (gxg) by complexcrimson

She remembered her scent. It seemed to verify her aura. Her scent was cherry Coke and cigarettes. The latter one was passed onto her, especially after she had handed her her first cigarette only three months ago. Three months was all it took for her to develop that bad habit, but it wasn't the first nor the only one she developed in that period of time. Now she laid on the roof where she had smoked her first cigarette three months ago, and she glanced over at the full can of cherry Coke sitting on the concrete next to her, almost as if it were mocking her. A dull ache formed in her heart, a hollow, resounding ache that penetrated her deepest core. The sudden burning sensation in her fingers made her realize that the cigarette was burned to its very end, and maybe so was she. -♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤- August is attending Cornell University as a creative writing major, and while at a college party her friends dragged her to much to her dismay, she stumbles upon a gang in an alleyway and sees something she shouldn't have. With her life now in danger, she has to deal with the consequences of that night-which includes the leader of the Blue Porcelain gang, Willow, a tall and brooding woman whose green eyes would put the girl in more danger than being caught in a spiderweb of New York gangs ever could. [tw: violence, sex]

Lips White As Snow by TiNyDiAmOnD101

-The third extract from the casefiles of D.I. Hawes and D.S. Gray- Edmund Gray was supposed to be on holiday. Well-if a beautiful American private detective invites you to accompany her on a cruise of the Mediterranean, you don't exactly refuse, do you? But after a sequence of unfortunate events involving a paper napkin, a magnifying glass, and a bad sense of direction, Edmund Gray was back in Oxford, and back on another case. One attempt had already been made to discover the location of the biggest drugs hideout in Southern England. But after an organised raid on an empty manor house resulted in embarrassment for Oxfordshire Police, the case is turned over to Hawes and Gray to see if they can make any sense of it. Previous Hawes&Gray cases: #1.Two Heads #2. Tom Thumb Later Hawes&Gray cases: #4. Watch Your Back

Delinquent Academy by toxic_girl2002

She was found outside her house "How did I get here" she thought and suddenly the thoughts came running in The blood The chains The horrors "MUM, DAD". She yelled And cried Rosie Lewis a 17 year old teenager going about her day and as the clock chimes 9 she hears muffled screams downstairs As she walks down she hears and sees things she doesn't expect Mum... She was chained to a chair, badly beaten and my father was on the floor The warmth leaving his lifeless body Footsteps are heard behind me and all I do is run I run far until my legs collapse She's traumatised Blames herself but she couldn't do anything She was next... She's sent to an academy to receive help for her dark thoughts but also to carry on her education A delinquent academy Where it's almost prison like but she has no choice 1st floor are the stupid delinquents 2nd floor is where she will be The 3rd floor is is highly secured to give access to the 4th floor And the 4th floor is where it's a prison A mad house The crazy people are there As she's there she starts getting little notes from the murderer who has killed her parents Secrets unfold as she stays there.. what will she do *i know this isn't a good description but the plots not what you're expecting just give it a go"

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It's what you don't know.

Sometimes you're better of not being left in the dark, because what you don't know... could hurt you. ★ EVERYTHING WAS A LIE. She'd been an expert at getting people to feel for her. I was so embarrassed to be her son sometimes. "You're ridiculous Cathy..." I said my voice full of defeat. She was smirking, looking away from me but I could see she wasn't concentrating. Sighing and feeling furious I picked up my keys from the flower pot where I'd put it and stormed of to my car. "Yeah go you stupid boy! You were always useless anyway!" I heard her scream before I drove off. It was comments like this that hurt but I kept it to myself, I didn't know who to tell if I decided to anyway. The story of my life.★ ★"Have you reached a verdict?" "We have your honour." The jury foreman responds. This is it. This is the moment that, as cliché as it sounds, we have all been waiting for. Everything had to be okay after this. It had to...★ Don't bother questioning about how much you know , it's what you don't know that's important. Layla Brixton is a young college student that unwillingly puts her sharing skills to a test when new boy Nick Anderson has to move into her home. But with loving best friend xzavier and caring parents I'm sure she will get through it.That is until she finds out not everything is as it seems. This book is full of betrayal, heartbreak, mystery,suspense,good times and bad. Take a look into Layla Brixton's life and find out what you don't know. ★ I pushed it open. And Xzavier came in last shutting it behind him. "Mum?!" I shout out "Mrs Brixton?!" Nick followed. "What's going on here why are you two shouting?" "The door it was left open." I answer Xzavier "Oh...well why would your mum leave the door open it's practically 0 degrees outside" he said taking of his gloves and shoving them in his pocket. Nick was still calling out my mums name but no reply came back. "She wouldn't" ★ Started:25/03/2018 Finished: 25/04/2018