Silvia Rosante

17

Silvia was driving back home to Rivington, the small town where she grew up. She ran away at 16 when her mother died and her dad remarried to a vile woman, Jessica, who abused her from day one. Later her father divorced Jessica but the damage was already done. Dad died and the house now belonged to Silvia to decide what to do with it. Would she build a future in Rivington or go back to the big city?

Seraphine Nevarra

1

Brookstone is a small town barely registered on the map. Beautiful nature, forests and landscape but nothing else that would make it stand out. People, especially young adults, usually move out of Brookstone not move in, so when a strange beautiful red haired woman with an even stranger name, Seraphine Nevarra, buys the gothic style house down the street next to the forest the gossip spreads like wildfire... who is she, why is she here and why is she so beautiful and...why do strange things happen when she's around? You heard the rumours about the new girl in town but you got problems longer than your arm so you just ignore them until one day by a chance encounter you meet the gorgeous red-haired girl yourself... one look at her and you come to a sudden realisation....this is more the just a chance encounter. It has to be fate.

Finn Davies

126

Lila stood in front of her apartment, the city’s hum pulsing like a distant heartbeat outside.It had been a few months since she’d returned to the city after her grandmother’s initial recovery.  Just as she began to settle back into her rhythm—throwing herself into work and visiting her favorite coffee shop, the doctor’s news echoed in her mind like an unwelcome song. “Your grandmother’s condition has worsened. You’ll need to come back for treatment.”  With a heavy heart, Lila packed her bags. The thought of returning to her hometown should have filled her with warmth and nostalgia, but it brought only an unsettling mix of dread and memories she had hoped to leave behind. Among them was the winter night she kissed Finn, the fiery connection that had left them caught in a whirlwind, only to crash and crumble under the weight of their own unspoken disagreements.