The HPCMS Chronicle

By Katie Simpson Amorette took a deep breath before raising a shaking fist up to the door of her best friend’s house and knocking three times. Last week had been chaotic for the 14-year-old girl. She had spent it packing and unpacking, deciding what to bring with her and what to leave behind. She had packed junk before throwing stuff out of her trunk, packing and unpacking what felt like thousands of times. Her aunt had come the day before, as well, and had done nothing to help except laugh at her a couple of times when she would come downstairs, looking tired and exhausted. Aunt Adalicia had lightened the mood a bit, but she hadn’t missed the rude looks Amorette’s mother had been sending her way. They had never liked each other. Now, she was at her best friend Claire’s house. Claire was from America and had moved to France when she was a little girl. She and Amorette had been best friends from the moment they met each other when Amorette was maybe, six or seven. They were both w...

Destined A Novel by Katy Simpson Prologue Amorette rubbed the mark on her left forearm and sighed. She had just turned 14, and that meant she only had two more years until she was sent to Lovelorn. Her parents were starting to worry, and they never worried. The worst part was that because she spoke English fluently, it meant that her soulmate could be in America, England, Ireland, Canada or South Africa, and those are just a few! They definitely didn’t live in France, which meant that she was going to have to do some traveling. Amorette Amour Lovelace was the only child of Precious Smith and Lennan Lovelace. From her dad’s side of the family, there had been couples who were soulmates for generations, and she was the next. Her mother was the lucky one who had been Matched to a soulmate. The Lovelorn was an estate that the Lovelace family owned for the people who had never found soulmates. There were a few families like the Lovelaces, who had long lines of soulmates to speak...