When Darkness Follows
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Last published Mon, Feb 6, 2012
"Serafina Crawford. That was my name before everything changed. A time when everything made sense. Like, you knew the people you walked past everyday. Humans were humans. Everything was normal. Well as normal as it ever was for someone like me. Then I met a quiet guy called Riley. He seemed genuine. He seemed nice. But there was a lot more to him than good looks. I was soon to learn that meeting him would change life as I knew it and would throw everything out of proportion"
Serafina, or Fin as she liked to be called, thought that going to MorganHouse College would be a new start. As usual people laughed at her different colour eyes. But what was worse is that she lost her best friend in an arguement on the first day. All the support she'd been relying on had gone. Thats when Riley stepped in. Little did she know that losing Claire was soon to be the least of her problems. Meeting Riley was going to set off a chain of events that would lead to a permanant life change and a waveload of problems for Fin. The biggest problem of all though was that something much worse was coming for her. Something that knew her well. Part of a life she could not remember . But rest assured it was coming, and fast.
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