Shattered Promises: The Complete Series

Shattered Promises: The Complete Set JESSICA SORENSEN Shattered Promises: The Complete Set Jessica Sorensen All rights reserved. Copyright © 2013 by Jessica Sorensen This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of characters to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The Author holds exclusive rights to this work. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited. No part of this book can be reproduced in any form or by electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without the permission in writing from author. The only exception is by a reviewer who may quote short excerpts in a review. Any trademarks, service marks, product names or names featured are assumed to be the property of their respective owners, and are used only for reference. There is no implied endorsement if we use one of these terms. For information: jessicasorensen.com Cover Design by Qamber Designs Created with Vellum Shattered Promises Jessica Sorensen All rights reserved. Copyright © 2013 by Jessica Sorensen This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of characters to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The Author holds exclusive rights to this work. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited. No part of this book can be reproduced in any form or by electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without the permission in writing from author. The only exception is by a reviewer who may quote short excerpts in a review. Any trademarks, service marks, product names or names featured are assumed to be the property of their respective owners, and are used only for reference. There is no implied endorsement if we use one of these terms. For information: jessicasorensen.com Cover Design by Qamber Designs Created with Vellum Shattered Promises: Book 1 Contents Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Epilogue Fractured Souls: Book 2 Prologue Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 58 Unbroken: Book 2.5 59. Alex 60. Alex 61. Alex 62. Alex 63. Alex 64. Alex 65. Gemma Broken Visions: Book 3 Chapter 66 Chapter 67 Chapter 68 Chapter 69 Chapter 70 Chapter 71 Chapter 72 Chapter 73 Chapter 74 Chapter 75 Chapter 76 Chapter 77 Chapter 78 Chapter 79 Chapter 80 Chapter 81 Chapter 82 Chapter 83 Chapter 84 Chapter 85 Chapter 86 Chapter 87 Chapter 88 Chapter 89 Chapter 90 Chapter 91 Chapter 92 Chapter 93 Chapter 94 Chapter 95 Chapter 96 Chapter 97 Chapter 98 Chapter 99 Chapter 100 Chapter 101 Chapter 102 Chapter 103 Chapter 104 Scattered Ashes: Book 4 105. Gemma 106. Gemma 107. Alex 108. Gemma 109. Gemma 110. Alex 111. Alex 112. Alex 113. Gemma 114. Alex 115. Gemma 116. Alex 117. Gemma 118. Alex 119. Gemma 120. Alex 121. Gemma 122. Gemma 123. Alex 124. Gemma 125. Alex 126. Gemma 127. Alex 128. Gemma 129. Alex 130. Gemma 131. Alex 132. Gemma 133. Alex 134. Gemma 135. Alex 136. Gemma 137. Alex 138. Gemma 139. Alex 140. Gemma 141. Alex 142. Gemma 143. Alex 144. Gemma 145. Alex 146. Gemma 147. Gemma 148. Alex 149. Gemma 150. Gemma About the Author Also by Jessica Sorensen Prologue Why do people laugh? What makes them cry? Smile? What allows them to love? These are the questions I’ve asked myself for nearly the last twenty-one years. What makes people feel? I don’t understand what produces emotion, and I’m supposed to be writing a paper on human emotion for my Sociology class. I’ve been camped out on a bench in the center of the campus quad, studying the interaction of nearly the entire student body that goes to the University of Wyoming, and I still don’t understand. What is it? Why do they hold hands? Kiss? Laugh? What the hell is making them look like there are rainbows and sunshine everywhere? It is a warm fall day and leaves are fluttering across the dry grass. The branches are bare, and the air is laced with rain. My jacket is balled up on the bench beside me, and ear buds are stuffed into my ears. “Wonderwall” by Oasis plays through the speakers, the lyrics trying to surface an emotion buried deep inside me, but, like usual, it’s just a spark that quickly fades. I jot some notes about a couple making out on the steps in the front entrance of the main office, which is a large brick building that has a historical look to it. Their hands are all over each other, feeling every inch of one another’s skin like they want each other more than anything. I don’t get it. I never have. For as long as I can remember, I’ve never been able to feel any emotion. Sadness, happiness, love; they are all just words to me. They have no more meaning or importance than the shoes on my feet. When I was younger, I never thought much about it. I moved through my life like a robot, and I was fine, but lately, at least for the last few days, questions are surfacing. Maybe it is the fact that Professor Fremont, my Sociology professor, has been on a human emotion kick lately. Most of his lectures relate to the drive behind emotion. Perhaps his words have finally stuck the pin into my thoughts. Why have I never felt anything? Am I broken? Crazy? Or are there just some people who go through life like me—peacefully disconnected? I scribble the thought down, shut