18 year old Katona Willows life changes when her parents die in a mysterious fire, and now she's wanted by a secret organisation, that could cost everything she is.
I ran as fast as I could into the broken front door of the house, now in flames.
"MOM! DAD! SIS!" I screamed through my hoarse voice. The fire was spreading and it was closing in all around me, it's tongues reaching to lick my heating skin.
I searched and searched, but they were nowhere to be found. As I stared down, ready to give up, I noticed three blackened bodies lying against the wall. "No..." I whispered to myself.
"NO!" I screamed as my eyes watered and tugged at my hair as I searched for a way out. I ran into the crisping dining room, jumping over flames. In desperation I ran into my parent's bedroom. The fire was growing closer to me and my only way out was the window, cracked in the heat. I leaped out and ran for the forest, only to find it engulfed in flames. The smoke overwhelmed me and filled my lungs. I felt my eyes close and my body fall to the ground as the world around me died in smoke and fire.
Please go easy on me because this is my first story, and I hope you like it///
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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