STANDALONES
The sickness attacks the brain. I don’t know much, but I know that.
In the wake of a pandemic that swept the world, I’m buried in the pain from the death of my father. It doesn’t help that my mother has moved on, moved up, moved me to a mansion on the other side of town. The welcome from my new step brother leaves something to be desired, his dislike of me clear.
I tell myself it’s only for a few months, just the summer until I can run away to college. But even then I won’t be able to escape Finn Lachlan’s dark gaze. He’s the star quarterback and golden boy at Palm De Rosa University, my school of choice.
When Finn’s friends dabble with forces they don’t respect or understand, the worst happens. Demons are real. Possession is real. Now we have an immense problem on our hands.
People die gruesome deaths; picked off one by one, as we scramble to undo what has been done, to exorcize the demon and save ourselves. The deeper we get, the more we realize that there is more to the world than we thought, more to the pandemic that took so many lives, and more between us than we ever could have imagined.
The sickness attacks the brain. I don’t know much, but I know that.
In the wake of a pandemic that swept the world, I’m buried in the pain from the death of my father. It doesn’t help that my mother has moved on, moved up, moved me to a mansion on the other side of town. The welcome from my new step brother leaves something to be desired, his dislike of me clear.
I tell myself it’s only for a few months, just the summer until I can run away to college. But even then I won’t be able to escape Finn Lachlan’s dark gaze. He’s the star quarterback and golden boy at Palm De Rosa University, my school of choice.
When Finn’s friends dabble with forces they don’t respect or understand, the worst happens. Demons are real. Possession is real. Now we have an immense problem on our hands.
People die gruesome deaths; picked off one by one, as we scramble to undo what has been done, to exorcize the demon and save ourselves. The deeper we get, the more we realize that there is more to the world than we thought, more to the pandemic that took so many lives, and more between us than we ever could have imagined.
Olivia
I’m pretty sure my new boss is the devil
I know, I know, people say that all the time, but just hear me out. He’s mean, really mean. He even made Frank from finance cry, and that dude doesn’t cry for anything. Sure, Lincoln George is sexy as hell, one of the most sought after bachelors in Breaker’s Point as evidenced by the string of women he parades by my desk.
He’s so damn hard all the time, not willing to bend the rules even a little bit. No matter what is happening in my personal life. And let me tell you there’s a lot happening there. Medical bills up to my eyeballs, a sick mother in hospice care, and struggling with guilt that I’m working when I should be with her.
But I can’t deny that I’m drawn to him, to the demands he makes and how when he’s in control I don’t have to be.
I know it’s a mistake, but I think I’m gonna do it, anyway.
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