Tainted Souls

Cover, Main Characters, & Copyright Statement

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Any form of plagiarism will result in serious consequences. All distributed material is to not be reprinted or republished without my permission and credit.

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Author's Note: I rewrote some of the characters and changed things up based on some people that are close to me in real life to dedicate the story to them.

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Main Characters - Descriptions:

Aera Kim - A twenty-one year old Korean-American girl that prefers to read books and work on artistic fashion and art designs as a shy introvert. She wishes to go out of her comfort zone, but is too shy to make friends and flirt with boys due to her extreme social anxiety. She has also been ditched by fake friends a lot in the past. The only person she trusts is her one and only best friend, Keisha. Aera is burdened to meet the academic standards and find her future partner due to her parents' pressures.

Keisha Thompson - A twenty-one year old 3/4th Ethiopian, 1/4th Native American girl that is bold, blunt, and seen as a badass among her peers. She frequently gets herself into trouble due to saying out loud what other people wouldn't dare to say, attending parties and being a femme fatale among guys. She thinks no one can tame her from living life. However, her best friend, Aera, is the only person she trusts and cares about. She wants to run a fashion design business with Aera someday.

Maverick Medici - A twenty-two year old Italian-American brooding boy who has a dark past and prefers to be alone most of the time. The intellectual and sociopathic loner frequently plots revenge on people and has no shame in creating whatever vindictive plans to get what he wants. He dislikes social scenes with a lot of people, preferring to build machines and do some hacking on his free time. He despises his cousin, Sasha, hence why he mostly spends time with his best friend, Taj.

Taj Mendoza - A twenty-one year old half- Lebanese, half-Venezuelan boy who is cunning and charming. He is Maverick's only best friend . He is considered a player due to his smooth talking, which gets him the reputation as the kind of guy who can kiss well, but won't tell. However, Taj also has complicated family secrets, hence why he became interested in law and criminal justice. The only person he trusts is Maverick, although he does consider many other people his "friends"...mainly so he can check up on their background as good as the FBI.

*Note: Since this is a college with primarily wealthy people, there are more people in The High Class than any other social categories.*

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San Francisco Creek University Social Classes

The Unpopular Outcasts (Main Characters)

Aera Kim, Keisha Thompson

The Rebels (Main Characters)

Maverick Medici, Taj Mendoza

The High Class (Main & Side Characters)

Austin Chen (Side), Hunter Wells (Main), Jamie Hale (Side)

Janiah Smith (Side), Sasha Valentine (Main), Haley Jung (Side)

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Playlist

Killer by Valerie Broussard

I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift

Toxic by Britney Spears