Copyright © 2019 by Ali Merci All rights reserved. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in, or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known, hereinafter invented, without express written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, write to the publisher, addressed “Attention: Permissions Coordinator,” at the address below. Typewriter Pub, an imprint of Blvnp Incorporated A Nevada Corporation 1887 Whitney Mesa DR #2002 Henderson, NV 89014 www.typewriterpub.com/[email protected] ISBN: 978-1-64434-066-0 DISCLAIMER This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. While references might be made to actual historical events or existing locations, the names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental. THROUGH YOUR EYES ALI MERCI Table of Contents 01. Asa 02. Carmen 03. Judgment 04. The Hazel-Eyed Girl 05. A Broken Mind 06. Art Journal 07. Blackmail 08. The War Inside His Head 09. Take The Ugliness Away 10. Muse To Her Artist 11. A Frozen Sun & A Broken Moon 12. Queen Bee 13. The Storm Inside 14. Petty Best Friends 15. Blondes & Brunettes 16. An Act of Kindness 17. A Touch of Galaxies in Her Veins 18. Everything She Touched 19. Beneath Skin & Bones 20. Only Human 21. Black Rose 22. Willa Bonham 23. A Crack in The Glass 24. Everything Beautiful About You 25. Bruised Knuckles & Bleeding Hearts 26. Boys Don’t Break 27. The Road to Self-Love 28. Just A Boy With Awestruck Eyes 29. Home Is Two Hands & A Beating Heart 30. The Definition of Beautiful 31. Clipped Wings 32. What Falling In Love Feels Like 33. Beacon of Light 34. Take My Hand 35. Broken Things 36. Fighting Hate With Hate 37. Isla Martin 38. Letting Go 39. Hook, Line, and Sinker 40. Because I Love You 41. Don’t Let Me Walk Away 42. Brother Dearest 43. How to Love With a Fractured Soul 44. I’ll Say It Back 45. Sexy Is An Attitude 46. Kiss Me Right 47. Binary Pairs 48. Mi Amor, Mi Cielo, Mi Sol 49. I’ll Stand by You 50. All Those Broken Hearts 51. Achilles’ Heel 52. Crash and Burn 53. The Pain Death Leaves Behind 54. Because It Was Real 55. The Unforgiving Truth 56. Breaking Free 57. Ghosts From The Past 58. The Thing About Redemption 59. Find My Way Back To You 60. A Piece of Me 61. I Want You To Stay 62. Just One Night 63. Through Your Eyes 64 Three Words Epilogue: An Art Journal To all those who had it in them to love me during the moments I looked like war, smelt like heartache, and tasted like poison; Thank you. FREE DOWNLOAD Get these freebies when you sign up for the author’s mailing list! ali-merci.awesomeauthors.org 01. Asa Asa’s grandpa had once told him that his rash nature and tendency to act on impulse would get him in trouble one day. It got Asa in trouble, all right. More than just once. And it seemed like today was just another one of those days. It wasn’t Asa’s fault. Not really. He just didn’t like it when Hunter Donoghue spoke. Or moved. Or breathed for that matter. “Take that, pinche pendejo!” Asa’s fist landed on Hunter’s jaw with a sickening crack, and the linebacker stumbled several feet backwards, thrown off-balance. He was still standing and not sprawled out on the ground, though. Not what Asa would’ve preferred. Hunter’s eyes flashed dangerously and, within the short space of two breaths, he lunged forward in a half-bent posture, ramming his head into Asa’s stomach. Asa groaned, all air knocked out of his lungs for what felt like an eternity. Both of them stumbled to the ground, Asa’s back hitting the tiled hallway floors of Reichenbach High with Hunter’s heavy body pinning him down. Without a moment’s hesitation, Asa shoved Hunter’s body off of him, muttering a string of colourful words in the process. “You absolute piece of garbage.” Asa wheezed, his breaths coming in gasps. He clutched his abdomen where Hunter’s head had collided. “Oh, grow the hell up,” Hunter sneered, his lips curling back over his teeth in a nasty snarl. “Trying to be the hero isn’t going to get you anywhere.” “But bullying will?” In answer, Hunter lunged at him again, but this time Asa had prepared himself. He used one of his feet to hook itself behind Hunter’s shins, sending him to the ground. Hunter hit the ground with a strangled yell but it was soon cut off when Asa pounced on him, driving a fist into his gut in retaliation for head-butting him earlier. “Dude, what’s your problem?!” Hunter grabbed a fistful of Asa’s collar and struck him with a closed fist across his face. Asa’s head whipped to the side, but he only laughed in response to the question. “You,” he spat. “People like you are my problem. What the hell is it to you how much someone eats?” Hunter struggled, but he eventually managed to throw an aggressive Asa off him, quickly moving back a few steps as the latter did the same. Both of the boys kept their eyes fixed on each other, their well-muscled frames tensed in anticipation of another round of punches, kicks and blows. “She piles her plate every goddamn day with food enough to feed an army!” Hunter rolled his shoulders back, a gleam in his eyes as he watched Asa with a smirk. “I was only asking her to leave some for the rest of
