"And I wish I could have loved him less. Or better yet, not at all."

19 year old Adalanna Callister, bold, beautiful and brainy, is all set for her term in St. Stephen's University of Liverpool. 
And the first day in her new college itself, seals her fate for a rollercoaster year ahead. 

Through galas, bonfires and games, Alanna is pulled in deeper and deeper to the only feeling she had been wanting to avoid, the half of which she fears and the rest, fails to understand. 

Ripped apart between two friends, one a raging fire, other a deep ocean, Alanna grapples with her affections, all the while redeeming her own self from a tainted past. 

One, the kind you keep. Stability. Who would never break her heart. 

And the other, the kind you love. Danger. Without whom, there'd be no heart to break in the first place. 

Amidst love, friendship, music and betrayal, she has to make a choice, between the solace of a right love and the passion of a great love.  

This year, ask yourself- 
Love, the quicksand of raging passions- 
eternal bliss or inevitable doom? 

At the very least, she's in for an eventful year. 

"But you'll hate me." "I love you."
Everything made sense.

Choices

I go tense. My eyes widen in shock and my nerves start running havoc. 


“Yes, Alanna, I’m sure. It was just us, and Angie in the house. I brought you back from the club, you had some water and-“ 


Fuck. My face goes dead pale. Nate’s words fall upon me like a thunderbolt and I feel panic, slowly surfacing over. 


I was with Nate? That was ALL, WITH NATE? Zach wasn’t here? He didn’t- I- 


Nathaniel Alderidge huh? The best friend, classic. 


I feel so sick right now. I have just, cheated on Zach. I don’t care what he does, but I have cheated on him. And I am not, this person. I am not- 


How- how is it possible? I remember Za- he even called me Ado again I don’t- 


“And I didn’t wake you up before leaving because you needed the rest. 


It wasn’t just the drink, turns out it really was LSD. In a heavy dosage. The doctor called it. It’s a hallucinogen. And hence…” 


THE PRODIGAL SANITY