title: Intricate Deceptions
author:  Jennifer Rayes 
description: Jennifer Rayes is a freelance author who enjoys writing on the weekends and evenings. She was born in Michigan and was raised in Lebanon for ten years. She studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Dayton in Ohio and now resides in Houston with her Great Pyrenees, Koby.
zlib_text: Intricate
  
  Deceptions
  
  Jennifer Rayes
  
  Copyright © 2013 Jennifer Rayes
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  ISBN: 9781973467922
  
  DEDICATED
  
  To my guardian angel, Dunia, you truly mean the world to me. I could never
  have done this without your endless support and continuous faith in my
  abilities. Because of you, I am who I am today.
  
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  Thanks to my loving parents and brother who have always stood by me through
  thick and thin.
  
  GAIA
  
  “Let go of me! What do you want from me?” Gaia shrieked. She kicked and pushed
  as hard as she could at the strong chest holding her down. The hard stone and
  gravel beneath her scratched her back as she struggled to get free. The man,
  twice her size, pinned her hands to her sides and sat on her legs so she
  couldn’t move at all.
  
  “Give it to her now,” she heard him say. Fear and confusion gripped her body
  as adrenaline rushed through her veins, begging her to run, but she was
  helpless to get free.
  
  Her arm stung. A masked man pulled a long needle out of her. 