Thirteen Hours To You

Book excerpt: For seventeen years I'd lived in Adalita, Pennsylvania, a town that took pleasure in my torment and refused to leave me as anything but broken. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Four months ago, I left. ⠀⠀⠀I'd driven thirteen hours to Everlee Falls, ⠀⠀⠀Georgia, to live with my Gamma for senior year. I'd moved to give myself the chance to fall in love with a life that I'd missed out on for far too long.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I'd expected to find hope, ⠀⠀⠀I'd hoped to find freedom, ⠀⠀⠀but I'd never expected him.⠀⠀⠀I was too damaged to recognize the beginning.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀But all it took was a moment, and he was positive he'd invade every one of mine. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀If I pushed, he pulled. If I ran, he followed.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I was his fate.⠀⠀⠀Meekai was my north star.⠀⠀⠀I was what he chose to remember.⠀⠀⠀He was a goodbye my soul refused to forget.⠀⠀⠀*Trigger Warning: Please be warned, this duet includes scenes of sexual assault and sensitive subject matter.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀