Every high schooler says that high school is hell, but for an eighteen-year-old, Isla, it really is. For someone who is so sweet and pure she doesn't deserve the torment she obtains daily at school. Her social life is thrown down the drain freshman year when her ex-best friend gets rejected by one of the school's bad boys because he is interested in Isla instead. After three years of being bullied and not having a single friend, things start to change when the school's three bad boys decide they aren't going to allow Isla to suffer alone anymore. With the attention, Isla is receiving from the school's bad boys her ex-best friend wants to destroy her even more and bring down her new friends. As things start to look up for Isla, tragedy hits her family and her whole world comes tumbling down causing pain and conflict between Isla, her family, and her new friends. With new responsibilities that no high schooler should have, Isla tries her best to make it through each day. Will her new friends stay by her side or will they turn out to be like everyone else? With secrets, lies, hate, tragedy, friendship, high school crushes, fighting, and love will Isla be able to make it through her senior year, or will she let it bury her alive? **This is not your typical story** Updates: Completed Ranked #1 in #Newadult on June 14, 2022

Kidnap, torture, kill, repeat. That's how this serial killer rolls. So, what does it take for one boy to escape his horrifying captivity? It takes guts! Best friends, Kevin and Josh, are trying to juggle college classes while finding a way to launch a chemistry startup, but their lives turn into a living hell when Kevin's bad luck drives him to the doorstep of a serial killer. While Josh desperately searches for Kevin, the psycho killer is enjoying torturing his young victim in every possible way. However, there is one thing that the killer doesn't know; he picked the wrong victim to mess with. ⚠️TRIGGER WARNINGS⚠️ Disturbing contents! Strong language. Mental health issues. Media and descriptions of kidnapping, sexual harassment, blood, gore, torture, abuse, needles, violence, and death. 🏆ACHIEVEMENTS🏆 🌟 Won the FICTION AWARDS 2019 for BEST HORROR BOOK ON WATTPAD 🌟 3RD PLACE WINNER of the WATTYS 2020 BOOTCAMP MENTORSHIP PROGRAM 🌟BEST OF MYSTERY/THRILLER on WATTPAD OFFICIAL MYSTERY PROFILE 🌟FEATURED ON WATTPAD'S FRIGHT, MYSTERY, PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL, & BADASSREADS OFFICIAL PROFILES 🌟#1 in HORROR on May 15, 2018 🌟#16 in MYSTERY/THRILLER on Feb 28, 2018 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ STARTED: Jan 17, 2018 CHAPTERS WC: Around 2500 words COMPLETED: Jan 5, 2019 Revised chapters are marked with ✎ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Cover by @VictoriaSlater457 If you are reading this story on any platform other than Wattpad (that's W a t t p a d) you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in its original safe form, please go to: https://www.wattpad.com/user/Ellen_Reese Thank you!

[COMPLETED] Wattys2018 Shortlist! PROMOTED ON COSMOPOLITAN.COM Highest rank #6 on Chicklit What's Hot List FOLLOW ME FOR EXCLUSIVE UPDATES ❤ ----------------------------------------- When Emma's grandma dies, new evidence comes to light about the unsolved murder of her dad, 25 years before. While she hunts for answers, her estranged mom pops back up, and her brother moves back to town after leaving without explanation a decade ago. Complicating matters, her childhood next-door neighbor, Ryan, makes it clear he wants a whole lot more than to pull her hair and call her names. Break-ins, a secret stalker, and a mysterious safe lead her on a path of self-discovery that promises to change her forever, if she can manage to survive them. [Mature chapters in separate book: Untethered: The Steamy Bits] Edited by @jgfairytales ⚠ WARNING ⚠ TO READ THIS STORY SAFELY, YOU MUST GO TO WATTPAD: https://www.wattpad.com/user/JessaMartell

Taylor Ferguson & Darko Ulyanov, two closeted best friends with unrequited feelings for each other, decide to come clean before high school ends. With problems in either person's lives, will coming out be as easy as they think? ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ♫ A Wattpad Featured Story (2018) ♫ The Wattys™ Longlisted (2018) ♫ 3rd Place in The Pride Awards (NA Romance) 2024 ♫ Winner of 15 awards--more details inside! ♫ #3 in #Love out of 1.8 million stories (9/4/2019) ♫ #1 in #GayLove out of 25.3 thousand stories (9/1/2020) ♫ Featured on 'Best of Wattpad Outreach Ambassadors' reading list ♫ Book 1 of the True Colours Collection ♫ CW: Family death, homophobia, racism, dementia ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ [Longer Blurb] Taylor and Darko, Darko and Taylor: Two lifelong best friends. The two have their differences - Taylor's a musical geek, a natural talent with the piano, and Darko's a gifted dirt-bike enthusiast - but they both share a life-changing secret. Taylor's bisexual, Darko's gay, and they are both secretly in love with each other. Over the years, the two have suppressed their feelings, cruising through high school. While it's been easy presenting as macho straight dudes, both boys are sick of the façade, each toying with the idea of coming out in their own unique ways. It's never that easy, though. They're both entangled in two complicated webs--one filled with grief and guilt and another filled with lies--and both have got to navigate through them before either can find the true happiness they seek. Sometimes, however, the silky threads of the web are more comforting than the unknown abyss below. Will they come clean about their feelings? Or will they keep a straight face until the very end? ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ This story is exclusive to my Wattpad and Patreon pages. If you see this story elsewhere, such as on NovelHD or any other similar sites, it has b

Austyn Bennett has experienced more trauma than any 25 year old should. She is fighting and losing against her PTSD and reckless behavior. She has no regard for her own life-only craving a temporary escape from the nothingness that resides in her soul, even if just for a fleeting moment. She decides to leave the place she calls home to start fresh in New York at a new college, all while trying to disappear into the crowd. She wasn't expecting him though. Dawson King. The mysterious man with a few dark secrets of his own, came out of nowhere and taught her how to fight for her strength back while simultaneously tearing down her fortress brick by brick. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 ☀️ Previously Featured ☀️ ● @WattpadOutreach ○ #StayAtHome ● ⭐ Highest Rankings ⭐ #1 - ly (love yourself) #3 - storiesundiscovered #5 - na (new adult) #9 - wattpaddafterdark #19 - sensual #19 - dangerous love #19 - badassreads #26 - fallinginloveagain 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 ⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️ This story contains mature content, including but not limited to: sexual themes, effects of mental illness, explicit language, drug/alcohol use and details of abuse/violence. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Also I'm very OCD, but also a speed reader, (It's a blessing and a curse) so I'm constantly re-reviewing/editing old chapters, because I hate spelling/grammatical errors with the passion of a thousand suns. That being said, PLEASE, if you see any, inbox me so I can fix them! 🥰

~FEATURED IN WATTPAD'S FRIEND'S AND FAMILY READING LIST--CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND ALWAYS WITH YOU~ The mysterious and sudden death of her parents at the age of six, puts Amarachi, a young Nigerian girl, at the mercy of her uncle and his cruel wife, Lydia, who will stop at nothing to make Amara's life miserable because of a personal vendetta she holds against Amara's late mother. Born out of rape with a special gift in sewing, Fate takes Amarachi on a journey to discover her roots and triumph against all odds as she encounters betrayal, pain and most importantly love admist people who are bent on ruining her life even if it means killing her. This is a beautiful Nigerian story which tells of the plights, self discovery and self determination of a young gifted girl who wants to succeed not withstanding the difficulties she faces. Cover by DigitalZealot❤ #1 projectnigeria❤~23rd August 2021 #1 nigerianlove❤~23rd August 2021 #1 blackprotagonist❤~23rd August 2021 #1 nigeriangirl❤~17 September 2021 #1 nigeria ❤~26 October 2021 #1 wattpadnigeria~24 January 2022 A/N: ©️ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This story is a wattpad novel, not to be copied on any other site else there would be consequences. Do not plagiarize FEATURED AND PUBLISHED AS A PAID STORY ON GOODNOVEL

Isabella Laine calls all her family members to meet her at the Laine Manor. Hayley Stevens, granddaughter of Isabella haven't even seen or heard about her in her 18 years of age. She is full of questions and curiosity when she goes with her parents to visit her grandmother. Soon she realizes that her family isn't what it says to be. There were dark secrets lurking in the shadows and she was unaware of it. When a death occurs, she decides to find the secret that her family was hiding for many years. With the help of her cousins Alonso and Kimberly, she unearths the past only to realize that she could never look at her family without suspicion or fear. A tale of treachery, secrets and a slow burning suspense that could make you guessing until the end!!! WARNING It talks about murder. 𝗡𝗕 Pls comment your valuable opinion. It would help me to improve my story. #61 Favorite #35 Manor #196 2022 #78 Cousins #276 Wattyawards #421 Popular #97 Awards #984 Featured

Ambys 2024 Top Picks for Mystery/Thriller Since homecoming night senior year, Aisling Turner has lived in a hell of her mother's creation. For five years, she's been trapped in Florida, wondering why she can't remember anything about the night her best friend disappeared. Cut off from the only family who ever loved her and all she's ever known. It took five years, but she finally escaped and returned to the small town of Davies, Oklahoma. Everything and nothing is the same. But she's determined to make peace with her guilt. To say goodbye to Grams. To start over in the only place she's ever felt at home. If the town will let her, that is. Years later, most people still think she murdered her friend in the woods that night. Even Aisling isn't so sure she's completely innocent. Apparently, one of those "concerned citizens" believes Aisling knows more than she claims. They set off a chain reaction that puts Aisling on a path with Brett, her old high school crush, and his best friend, Deputy Leo, to discover what actually happened that night. Aisling isn't completely sure she wants to know. But like the drive to come home, the desire to know the truth is too strong. Even if it destroys her. Genre: Mystery/Thriller Demographic: New Adult Content Warning: This story does contain some difficult topics, namely child abuse (mentioned - never shown), attempted assault, being drugged, and, of course, murder. There is also some sexual content (aka one sex scene). The chapters with the sex scene and attempted assault are marked at the top of the chapter.

♡ Editor's Pick 2020 ♡ When Rachel, who had loved her best friend Lucas since she was a little girl, found out he loved her too, she couldn't be any happier to finally get her happily ever after until she realizes it's real life and not a fairy tale and this world isn't all sunshine and rainbows. *** From the age of ten, Rachel has been in love with her best friend, Lucas. Although she never told him how she felt, she is perfectly satisfied to be in an unrequited love with her best friend and by writing secret love letters for him. However, when she discovers that Lucas has been in love with her too, she thinks that there's finally a scope for a happy ending until she realizes that this isn't a fairy tale love story and she's no Aurora to Phillip. Shimmering with suspense and emotional intensity, this story takes the readers on a hunt about if Lucas will ever find Rachel's letters to him. And if yes, then what's keeping Rachel away from meeting her happily ever after. Be prepared, it's a tear-jerking story about both heartwrenching fragility and tremendous strength in love which deals with dying and surviving the death of a loved one. Featured in Wattpad's: Romance reading list: Young Love 2021 Teenfiction reading list: Soul Deep 2021 Young Adult reading list: Love, Actually 2021 Romance India reading list: Young Romances 2021/Cliche Love Stories 2021 New Adult reading list: Teen fiction 2020 General fiction reading list: Finding love 2020 #1 in letters #2 in boynextdoor #2 in newadult #2 in youngadult #11 in teenfiction #15 in highschool #18 in romance ©️ 2020 cover cr: @prettyimbecile

❝ You make this messed-up world look so much more beautiful. ❞ Gathering me in his arms, he pulled me close -- his lips seeking mine hungrily. ──────────────── The only thing Summer Hale has ever wanted was to live peacefully away from her secrets, away from the lies. When she pursues to study at Brickfields University after an unfortunate twist of fate, she believes she could live the life she has always dreamt of while finding the answers to a box of letters her mother left behind. Even if it's only for a short while. But after meeting mysterious and charming Gray Stanford, her life takes a thrilling and dangerous turn as dark pasts, disturbing secrets, and demons buried long ago resurface. Sometimes, it's the people who are closest to us that we should be careful of. What's college without a little crazy? ──────────────── 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗘 • Book 01 in the Ruthless Kingdom Series [[150,000 - 200,000]] ──────────────── Featured on Wattpad's Dangerous Love, General Fiction, Psychological Novel, and Romance profiles.

❀2022 Watty Shortlister❀ ❀𝗔𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲́𝗻 𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗻̃𝗼𝗹❀ Much against his will, River Allen can't drag his gaze away from the new student, seventeen-year-old Dawn Gray Brooks. It isn't that she lives in a ragged, teal dress, and carries a thick, leather fairytale book around. There is something hidden in her faraway expression... Something he can't figure out-which leads him to follow her to Elsie's Lake. What he finds will change his life forever. ❀ Dawn Gray Brooks knows how to keep secrets. She doesn't tell anyone anything. Not a word about how she can float away from her body and watch the world unfold. She doesn't tell anyone about her daily talks with Dad either. Why? Because he's dead. Dawn knows better than to explain about her voices... Until River comes along, and Dad's words start to disappear. This boy refuses to leave her alone, keeping her in the now, clinging to reality. But for how long? ❀ Forget me Lots tell the adventures of a watery boy that has fallen for a whirlwind girl. A heart-wrenching journey brimming with love and grief, family, and friendship. It explores the bewildering places our minds can take us and will remind you of your own first love and how deep it pulled you under. ❀Wattpad picks: Hidden Gems ❀ONC Honourable Mention ❀ONC Amb's Pick ❀ONC Long listed ❀ONC Shortlisted ❀Featured in Wattpad Stars Profile: Young & Starry-Eyed ❀Featured in Wattpad's Official Profiles:Cupid, StoriesUndiscovered and Romance. ❀Editors' pick feature February 2021❀ ⚠️𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗽𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗴

Freedom comes at a price and a young Earthal princess must live the life of somebody else, even if it means facing evil threats and impossible odds. *** As someone who craves freedom, Princess Clarabelle cannot just stand by and let her life be taken away. And as if her own power has granted her heart's desire, she wakes up only to find herself inside the body of another princess who survives from her attempted assassination. While trying to adapt to the new kingdom, she discovers a plot that leads to Hiestora's downfall. Now, the future of their world lies on her shoulders. How long will she continue to live through deception when she, despite all the chase, finally gets what she wants? In the strange twist and turn of fate, Clara is given an option to stay or to go back. Featured in: 🌟 @WattpadFantasyPH - Romance Fantasy (May '23) 🌟 @WattpadWitches - Broad-spectrum Spellcasters 🌟 @magic - Magically Heart Fluttering 🌟 @WattpadDarkFantasy - Dark Desires 🌟 @antiheroesgalore - Monstrously Fantastic 🌟 @Fantasy - Hidden Fantasy Gems from Wattpad Outreach 🌟 @Alt-U - 42 Isn't the Answer Everywhere 🌟 @WattpadOutreach - Best of Fantasy 🌟 @WattCliches - Enough Reality Today 🌟 @WattpadESL - Fantastical, Magical & Mythical In One --- Date Started: February 28, 2021 Date Finished: February 24, 2023 [word count: 100,000 - 110,000 words] Cover designed by bottle_of_rum

(Sequel to "The Stepbrother") THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED! WARNING! (R+18) This contains mature content and trigger warnings such as trauma, murder, strong language,etc. Please proceed at your own risk! He's still out there. Get ready cause here he comes. Time passed ever since the traumatic and painful events. Aurora Hills moves to a new town, to get away from the horror she experienced. Little did she know... something familiar yet dangerous is lurking around the corner and she finds herself in another nightmare and... a little deadly game of hide and seek. Which can mean only one thing - he's back. Started on: December 23, 2020 Finished on: September 15, 2021 Finished Editing on: May 06, 2024 06/28/2021 #2 in 'psychological-thriller' 07/02 - #5 in 'psychological-thriller'

[The Wattys 2021 Shortlisted Finalist] One case, two detectives, three friends, and a thousand emotions. Sometimes nothing is a coincidence, but then again, everything is. After the mysterious deaths of Amyra Valdez's eldest Uncle followed by her own father's, incidences suggest that she is the next. Amy doesn't have a mother, and it's too risky to stay in their joint family mansion because she suspects that the murderer is right in their house. She takes shelter in the house of the two detectives she met during the same time- a lively humorous guy and an utterly rude young man. What happens next? Is it the start to their new trio journey? Can friendship and love win over destiny's fateful game? In the midst of buried mysteries, will Amyra get to know what she is supposed to know? ・・・・・・ "To a new journey," Jonas whispered. Kelvin and I gazed at him, before our eyes finally settled on each other. We both were having a silent war through our eyes, which clearly said, 'With this person? Never'. ・・・・・・ [ A Wattpad Featured Story] ・❥ Featured under Wattpad's Official ・YA (Young Adult) ・NA (New Adult) ・Teen Fiction ・Humor ・General Fiction ・ContemporaryLit ・Adult Fiction ・YA Romance ・FRIGHT ・DangerousLove ・YAMystery ・CRIME ・Stories Undiscovered- under ThrillsNSpills reading list (May and October 2021) : ̗̀➛Achievements: ・❥ Featured under BooksGotTalent ・❥ Book of the month (January) - Share Club 2021 ・❥ Ambassadors' Pick and Winner in The Fall Awards 2021 under Mystery-thriller hosted by ContemporaryLit

[Wattys 2022 Winner!] Vanessa Brooks, an anxious and cynical seventeen year-old, discovers she can travel to the summer of 1953 through the run-down community pool in her rural Michigan town and risks her future as she falls for a boy who lives in the past. ****** On the last day of junior year, Vanessa Brooks joins her friends for a traditional jump into the city pool to celebrate the beginning of summer and the last year they plan to spend in Palmer, Michigan; a dead-end riverside town with an eerily abandoned historic main street and decaying Victorian mansions. But when she resurfaces her classmates have been replaced by girls in retro swimsuits and bathing caps and guys in thigh-baring briefs with cigarettes tucked behind their ears. When Pete Harrison, an unfamiliar face who seems somewhat familiar with hers, offers a dizzy and confused Vanessa a towel and a ride home, she discovers her house and family missing. She has somehow slipped into 1953, the year her grandparents graduated high school. Using the pool and vivid imaginings of her grandfather's memories, Vanessa continues to escape to 1953- and to Pete, who, despite his unaffected kindness and optimism, has a mysterious bad reputation around town. But as she dives deeper into the summer her grandparents fell in love, she finds herself unable to return to the present without venturing even further into the past to correct a mistake that threatens her family and future. *Content Warning: this story contains scenes of near drowning and other perils on the sea, swearing, smoking and alcohol use* This story is complete at ~90,000 words. Wattys Winner 2022- Catchiest Hook and Wild Card Shortlisted Wattys 2021 Featured on @WattpadTimeTravel Featured on @WattpadHistoricalRomance Featured on @TeenFiction Editor's choice list, December 2022, May 2023 Cover by @eva3382

This is a FREE STORY with one paid bonus chapter! An exclusive boarding school on the coast of Maine. The unexplained death of a female student. A sister determined to find the truth...even if it kills her. * * * * * When Mia Greenley's older sister, Ava, dies under mysterious circumstances, she's determined to uncover the truth no matter how many rules she has to break. But when she enrolls at her elite New England boarding school, possible suspects reveal themselves at every turn, messing with her head and agitating her deep-rooted trust issues. With the help of Xander, an attractive yet aloof art student, Mia exposes secrets that may have played a role in Ava's death. Someone knows more than they're letting on, and if Mia can't put the pieces together, she could end up like her sister...dead. Sweet Deadly Lies is a FREE story with one paid bonus chapter. Learn how to earn free coins here: https://www.wattpad.com/earncoins/ ✨2022 WATTY AWARD WINNER FOR MYSTERY/THRILLER✨ TRIGGER WARNING: Sweet Deadly Lies is a young adult mystery/thriller that may contain triggers for sensitive readers. There will be mentions of mental health issues, murder, suicide, mild drug use, and underage drinking. Reader discretion is advised. Sweet Deadly Lies (available only on Wattpad) Copyright © 2022, Darly Jamison All Rights Reserved This story is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents in this story are either the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Cover photo by Jasmin Chew on pexels.com, and edited on Canva Pro. Notice: This document is not authorized for upload or use with artificial intelligence systems or platforms. Any attempt to upload, analyze, or process this content using AI technology is strictly prohibited.

Madison has come a long way since her arrival in Florida. She has a great job and lives in an apartment. She's content with her life but can't help but feel like something's missing. Her entire life she has had to take care of her siblings and now she's alone. It's a big change for her and soon she finds herself trying to fill that void. After a while, her past collides with her future. While facing some of her biggest fears she must make important decisions about her future. Will she face the man that forever changed her or will she run away again? {The first 5 chapters are published on Wattpad as a preview. The story is 100% complete & published on another platform (more info in my bio). HOWEVER, I fully publish them on Wattpad at random times throughout the year to give you all a chance to read my stories here. If you follow me & add the story to your library, you will get a notification when I republish them here. Thank you all for your support!} All Rights Reserved. ©2020 by G.M. Garcia This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

I knew what was coming later tonight, not only at home, but on the way there. I knew that reacting right now would just make it worse though. So I kept quiet and pretended that I was not dreading when I would be alone with the man that stood beside me, wondering when it became so normal to do so. Jason and Alicia have the perfect relationship from the outside looking in, but Alicia has kept her wounded spirit and body hidden well. After another one of Jason's violent rages that is impossible to hide, Alicia is finally able to get away from the abuse though. In the process of healing, she begins to relearn what trust, compassion, and safety are once again - that is, until Jason discovers her whereabouts. All Rights Reserved © Copyrights analiciapaloma 2014 © 2017 edits by Analicia Feliciano Book Cover Design by Analicia Feliciano (FIRST FOUR CHAPTERS *ORIGINAL AND UNEDITED* AVAILABLE HERE. PUBLISHED E-BOOK/PAPERBACK EDITION AVAILABLE ON AMAZON. LINK IN BIO.)

brothers. (2021) Fourth Edition (2023) **New versions will NOT be uploaded onto Wattpad since I am no longer active. This is the final Wattpad edition. New versions will be updated on Royal Road. After 12 years of being in foster care, Diana Watson has had enough of the failing system. She is moved into her 23rd family: the Fields, with two parents and four sons. While the parents are kind to her, providing her with a beautiful home and her own room, the sons seem to see her as some sort of pest. Diana's mental strength is crumbling under their hatred, adding on to the past decade of trauma. Will this family be her saving grace? Or will they finally push her over the edge? WARNING: This story contains triggering themes including but not limited to: physical, emotional, and mental abuse; mentions (but no descriptive depictions) of sexual abuse; and suicidal depictions and actions. Reader discretion is advised.

"'I tell the stars about you' Ashlynn broke the silence after they had both been staring at the sky for an ungodly amount of time." Nothing has ever gone right for Noah, it never has. The only time he's had hope was when Ashlynn, his beloved, was still alive. Now he's succumb to the use of the strongest and strangest type of drug known in the Farnworth region to see his one true love again. Every night he restlessly falls into a blissful dream about her, which always ends in a horrific nightmare of the day she left. This has been his life for the past year, never showing his face past the woods which surround his cabin. The townspeople forgot he existed, the forest creatures think he's a walking corpse, and Noah's convinced he'll die soon enough to finally see his one true love, where ever she is. Until some pathetic creature decides to help Noah by breaking into his home shoving him into withdrawal. Observe Noah's journey as you meet old friends, new foes, intriguing frenemies, and fantastically dramatic mood swings which can each be described as their own character. //tw. drug abuse, description of trauma, murder, sleep paralysis, nightmares