Carmen gets kidnapped and shortly after, she finds a way to escape. Years later, she stumbles across her past once more and she has two choices: she can either confront it or run again.
Haunted is about a young actress, Carmen, who gets kidnapped and after her escape, she runs. She abandons her old life out of fear. But years later, she is discovered by a persistent cop and old friend. Can her friend and new lover bring her back to the present or will she retreat and keep running from her fears?
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She woke to find herself in a cold, musty room. She could feel the grime settling on her fingers as she lay upon the floor. The last thing she remembered was running outside to find Joel. So, what was she doing here? The floorboards creaked under her weight as she stood. Then, she remembered the man, his features so grim. He'd almost had an evil aura about him. She put her hands to her mouth in disgust. She gasped, smelling a strong odor upon her hands. Chloroform. Producers and special effects crews sometimes used it to create the full effect in movie kidnappings. It could be dangerous, though, if not monitored. But, it was easily accessible to civilians also. Had someone tried to kidnap her?
She looked around the dark room. No, they hadn’t attempted. They had succeeded. The door suddenly creaked as it opened, allowing light to fill the room. She looked up to see her captor. As he stepped inside of the room, she could see his dark eyes penetrating through their depths. His eeriness terrified her; she backed herself up against the wall.
I loved him. At age twelve he touched my heart with his music. At age twenty he captured my heart when our eyes met as he sat on a stage and sang Four months later, he fractured my heart with his refusal to allow us to stay together. At age seventy
In the predawn hours during a solitary ride on her ranch, Montana Freeborn collides with Seth Phoenix, centaur-turned-man and the embodiment of her psychic visions.
