One Last Breath by Liv at Inkitt

Summary

𝒟𝒶𝓌𝓈𝑜𝓃' 𝓈 𝒞𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓀 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝐻𝒾𝓁𝓁... Book One ‿︵‿ 𓇼‿︵‿ One town. One last summer. They made promises by the creek, but senior year has other plans. Best friends. Broken hearts. One last chance to say what matters. Senior year is the season of almosts- first loves, last nights, and the end of everything they thought would last forever. In 2014, Anchorhead Bay was a sleepy coastal town where Livvie Hollis hid her feelings behind sarcasm, spiral notebooks, and Friday movie nights with her best friend, Ash Vale-the quiet storm with grease on his hands and the weight of the world on his shoulders. He was the kind of boy who rebuilt engines to avoid rebuilding himself, and he still saw her as the girl across the creek. They grew up by the water, making pacts under the stars and promises they were too young to keep. It's where Liv met Siverra-Ash's punk, ride-or-die sister-and Kit Fel, part chaos, part vintage—with a surfboard named Farrah and an orange '76 VW van named Betsy. The glue that kept them all afloat. But now senior year has arrived. Ash is thinking about enlisting, and Elara Crane-his childhood crush-has returned to town, stirring up everything Livvie's tried to keep buried. Tides shift and lifelong friendships are tested. Livvie soon learns that growing up means learning to let go-because real life doesn't wait for rewrites.

Genre: Young Adult/Romance

Author: Liv

Status: Ongoing

Chapters: 3

Rating: 5.0 1 review

Age Rating: 18+

Dedication

For the ones who fell for their best friend—the dreamers and overthinkers, the ones who stayed up too late wondering if “just friends” was ever enough.

For the Joeys who stared across the creek, the Dawsons that inspired to dream, the Felicitys who changed their whole lives for a maybe, and the Haleys who loved quietly but with unfathomable strength and grace.

For those who carry those feelings like unspoken letters, creased at the edges and worn from years of keeping them close.

And for the creek where some stories begin, and where every chapter find its end.

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This is Livvie's story—

a girl who grew up beside two boys by the creek.

Ash, the quiet storm she never could stop orbiting.

Kit, the chaos that felt like home.

Some friendships draw the map,

the rare ones carried,

salt-stung yet unforgettable.

A love that floods,

forever etched into the sands,

even when the tide recedes...

— Autumn Colette

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