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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThere was a sadness in her clear, gray eyes that I could see she tried to hide. A fight with her inner demons she didn\u2019t want to show anyone\u2026<\/em>
Camden Collins<\/strong>
Life was going well for me. I was on the right track: captain of the soccer team, grades were passing, and I had the respect of my team. Girls threw themselves at me. It was every twenty-year-old\u2019s dream.
Then I saw her\u2026
One look at her, and it all changed. Something about her drew me in. A sense of protectiveness to guard this small, sad girl. In her eyes, I could see the fight she had within herself\u2026and I wanted to be there for her. To protect her and be someone to lean on while she fought whatever it was. Nothing else seemed to matter but the dark-haired, beautiful girl I couldn\u2019t stay away from.
Blaire Wentworth<\/strong>
I wasn\u2019t the same girl I was four years ago. My life was stolen from me one night and I\u2019d never have the chance to get old me back. Now I was just existing, not living. I went through the motions of my everyday routine, staying quiet and keeping to myself. Trusting and letting people in was a constant struggle.
Until he showed up\u2026
I\u2019d never seen someone like him before. Not once had I described a guy as beautiful, but that\u2019s what he was. He struck something in me, and I didn\u2019t know how to handle that. I was chasing nightmares no one knew about. Ones I kept to myself for a reason. Could I let this new person into my life that I had kept closed off from many for far too long? What if I let my guard down and he ended up destroying me?
And that became my greatest fear\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n