Seeking Haven by Angela van Liempt EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Angela van Liempt
- Language: English
- Genre: Teen & Young Adult Ghost Stories
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An unnerving creak echoed off the walls of the empty dorm bathroom,
jolting her system like a bucket of ice water dumped over her head.
Drew yanked the shower curtain aside and wiped the wet hair from her eyes
as she peered around the room. It was late, and no one was around. The
bright orange door remained closed, and her phone and makeup bag still
rested on the vanity beside the sink. Turning the faucet off, she lingered
behind the curtain, listening. The only sound reverberating off the tiles was
her own panicked breaths and water dripping from the shower faucet. It
must’ve been the pipes, making the odd screeching sound. The cool air of
the room battled the hot steam and won, leaving her body covered in
goosebumps.
I’m being ridiculous. Nothing’s going to hurt me here. I’m safe.
She grabbed the towel off the bathmat, dried off, and wrapped it around
herself before stepping out of the shower. She set the shampoo bottle on the
vanity near her makeup bag and slipped her arms into her terrycloth robe.
As she dried her hair with the towel, she inhaled the sleeve’s soft fabric. If
she closed her eyes and focused, the faint scent of home filled the air.
Cinnamon and magnolia flowers. Gran had given the robe to her on her
eighteenth birthday almost a year ago. As she ran her fingers over the
butterfly embroidery, thoughts of home turned into a deep longing, but she
couldn’t pinpoint what it was she yearned for.
Nico.
Memories of him were still so vivid, even after months apart. She missed
surfing at Jupiter Cove Beach, bonfires with friends, and how he used to
hold her when panic attacks plagued her after the shooting. An ache settled
deep in her chest. Thinking of Nico filled her with conflicted emotions. She
couldn’t decide if she regretted ending things with him after prom, or
simply missed his friendship. The past six months had been the longest
they’d ever gone without speaking, and she worried he’d never talk to her
again. But—and maybe it was her way of coping—the longer she stayed
away from home, the easier she found it to forget about her lingering
feelings for him.
She tried her best to avoid thinking of Atlas Cliffs, but nostalgic
reminders, like her favorite pink robe, surfaced far too often since she’d
begun her studies at Boston Art College. Back home, she was Drew
Harlow. The girl who claimed to see dead people and had suffered a violent
attack. A victim was the word they used. It made her cringe. If she hadn’t
left town and moved ahead with a career and a new life, she feared she’d
end up stuck forever and filled with regret.
She missed Gran and her father,
but she’d made the right decision to leave. Going back home would trap her
in a box, away from opportunities. She could detach herself from what
Dominic Sloan—Ben Morana had done, and the memories of the ghosts of
Neptune Point.
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