"I don't know where we stand." Rose's eyes locked into his.
"This isn't normal, this isn't what it's supposed to be like, and I feel like I'm weighing you down. All the time." Tears pricked his eyes, as he took a seat on the bench, gazing out at the shine of the sunset on the river. It was the perfect romantic paradise, but tainted with our secrets, our differences. It couldn't work. It wouldn't work. Would it?
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Rose lived in a small, rural village away from everywhere. When she makes an undeniable connection with mysterious Troy, she finds herself entranced with him. As her feelings blossom, she finds out more and more about who he is, and how they are two completely different people.
Rose has to decide whether she will hold onto him, and enter a rollercoaster of a relationship, or whether she should let him go.
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The Prologue is not essential to the story, so feel free to skip to the first chapter because that's when the real story starts...
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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