"Do what you want...But you're one of us now, Laina. You're supernatural. You're a panther."
"That's what the Executors do, they send the people who broke you to break you again."
"Laina, the Executors don't just want you to die, they want you to suffer before you die. They will torture you with everything, be careful. They will strip you of all happiness until you are left with nothing but an empty soul full of sadness. Do not let them do that to you. Hold on to the only happiness you have and do not let that go."
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Laina moves away to escape a dark past. She goes to a new school and makes new friends. But as she does, she tries to keep her secrets as secrets. She wants to have a new life- a life away from her past, her dark, bloody past. She manages to get a "new" life, but not the "new" she expected.
She gets bitten by a panther with glowing eyes and realized that many in her school had this same incident with different animals, they call themselves the Bitten. She learns to accept the Bite and live with it, to find the good that she received from it. But, like everything else in the world, the good comes with bad and the bad comes with good.
What happens when the Executors, an organization that hunts people who have the Bite, begin to chase after her as old wounds are ripped open once again? After all, what could one single bite really do to a person's life? Little does Laina know that this Bite will change her life completely.
{just saying, the ending kind of goes a bit downhill}
Began: March 3, 2016
Completed: March 28, 2016
Edited: July 4, 2018
Completed Editing: July 17, 2018
Note: although the cover says RavenTano15, I changed to yangyyue, please excuse the confusion, thank you!
(cover credit goes to @handholds)
Maya applied pressure to my wound. I hissed from the pain. "Stop fucking around." She rolled her eyes at me. Maya finished tending my wound, wrapping it with a bandage. As she got up to put the first aid away, I stopped her.
My thumb rubbed against the cool skin of her hand. I pulled her to sit on my lap. My fingers ran through her hair. "You're doing it again." I ignored her, sinking my chin into her shoulder. "I have no idea what you're talking about." I placed small pecks on neck. Her breathing turning heavy. "Stop. Someone could walk in."
"And? You think they want to watch? Shit, I would."
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~Maya Castillo~
Escaping her traumatic past, Maya and her brother, Santiago, run to New York. In hopes to run her family business one day along side with her brother, she takes a college program at NYU. But when a anonymous person threatens her, Santiago turns to a past trusted friend. His price for protection? Her.
~Noah Slade~
In Manhattan, Noah is feared around the entire city. New York bows to his feet. He works in multiple businesses and is known in the mafia world as well. When a old friend from high school comes to him for protection, he comes face to face with his friend's sister once again, knowing exactly what he wants in exchange.
~ H I G H E S T R A N K S ~
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