Unwritten Desires
Oww…” I winced, lifting my throbbing head before glancing around and as expected the lab was in chaos. There was glass shattered everywhere, sparks fleeing from one place to another and the acrid scent of burning chemicals filled the air.
Flames licked at the countertops, but what made my stomach drop was the gas spilling from a ruptured pipe.
Crap. No one needed to tell me, I already knew it was toxic.
The faint greenish tinge to the air, the sharp sting in my nose. It was more than toxic….it was deadly. And spreading fast.
I tried to push myself up, but pain shot through my ankle, forcing me back down. I bit back a scream.
“Dammit!”
That’s when I saw him. It was the same guy…I recognized him now. Or at least, his fake identity. Liam. Only, his real name was Alex, and I knew more about him than I should’ve but he didn’t need to know that.
He was standing near the exit, scanning the chaos with an unnerving calmness and it was obvious he hadn’t seen me yet.
“Liam!” I choked out, coughing against the gas as it seeped closer. His head snapped in my direction.
His eyes locked on mine, and for a moment, I thought he’d help. Instead, his expression hardened. He turned toward the door, ready to leave.
“Wait!” I shouted, my voice cracking. “Help me! Please!”
He paused, barely glancing over his shoulder. “I’m sorry, do I know you?” His voice was cold, detached.
I gritted my teeth. My head throbbed, and the gas was making my vision blur, but I forced the words out. “We have classes together and do you even need to know someone to help them out?” I snapped.
His gaze lingered on me for another second before he turned to leave and then I knew I had no choice. “If you don’t help me, I’ll tell everyone your secret.”
My words made him turn. His dark eyes narrowed as he strode closer, towering over me. “My secret?” His tone was mocking. “Your fall must’ve really messed with your head. Now you think a bluff is going to make me help you?”
“It’s not a bluff,” I snapped, coughing violently. “I know who you really are, Alex.” His entire body stiffened.
“Care to repeat that?” His voice was low, dangerous.
I sucked in a shaky breath, the gas burning my lungs. “I know this identity of yours is just cover, Alex Bronson.”
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Eleanor is a 22-year old woman who was involved in a car accident on her way to her interview. Unfortunately she doesn’t make it and assumes she’s going to find herself in the afterlife but instead finds herself in the body of a college student named Theodora. And this college student happens to be a character in one of the books she read in her past life.
Having found herself in this body, she decides to find out why she’s there and regrets not finishing the novel while she was still alive. She also uses her knowledge about the book to manipulate the supposed male lead of the novel into helping her get her way but little did she know that she’d end up falling for him. And now she has to pick between finding out why and how she’s been reincarnated and accepting her new life here with Alex.
