Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

"Someday I will show you my scars. I'll tell you about man who hit me and the ones who lied. I will show you the locked away part of me that is dying to see the light but scared of being burnt. Someday I will be able to look at you without shame in my eyes when I tell you every unknown part of me. Until that day comes, hold on to me."

he wasn't supposed to be intrigued by her innocent nature and she wasn't supposed to become bedeviled by his snap and senselessness. he thought he was getting along fine before, until he made the graceful mistake of letting her become his world. © lostinrealitys 2015