by LylahJames | Feb 4, 2022 | Dear Arabella
PAST — ELIAS The scent of old books prickled my nose as I strode across the library, straight to the decanter. I looked around, my gaze bouncing from shelves to shelves as I poured the scotch in three glasses. I caught sight of dust shimmering in the sunlight and made...
by LylahJames | Jan 28, 2022 | Dear Arabella
CHAPTER TWO — ELIAS Moving to a new place was never easy. In fact, it was downright exhausting. But at the end of the day, it was exactly what I needed. I always grew more unsettled the longer I stayed in one place. Maybe this was part of me running away from the...
by LylahJames | Jan 21, 2022 | Dear Arabella
CHAPTER ONE – ARABELLA I can’t breathe. Icy water filled my lungs and my head pounded, the pain excruciating – before my body succumbed to the pressure. I can’t breathe. The waves raged above me as I was dragged deeper into the depth of the sea. I remembered...
by LylahJames | Jan 21, 2022 | Dear Arabella
Dear Arabella, Do you think this is weird? I mean, who handwrites letters nowadays? And stupidly enough, I don’t know where to begin. For your kind information (because I know you’re a curious little thing), I’ve started this letter exactly eleven times. Eleven times...
by LylahJames | Dec 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
~PROLOGUE~ JULIANNA My father always told me that life is all about choices. Some decisions are impossible to make, some choices we live to regret. We are humans after all; we are born to make mistakes. Humans are faulty, we are both good and evil – a perfect yin and...