𝐀𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡.Carla has spent years surviving the rumors, the pressure, and the endless competition that comes with attending one of Los Angeles' most elite private schools. Keeping her head down has always been the safest option... 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫. A mysterious transfer student with a troubled past and secrets everyone seems convinced they already know. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐬.

Hermione felt the pounding in her ears again. She would see him for the first time since the Great Hall, gaunt and stricken at the Slytherin table with his mother clutching his arm. She hadn't meant to look for him. Not in the corridors, not beneath the white sheets of the fallen, not on the way to the Chamber of Secrets with Ron, but she was a stupid girl.

⁀➷ ғᴀɪᴛʜ ᴀᴍʙʀᴏsᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀᴛ ʀᴏsᴇᴍᴏɴᴛ ᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇᴍʏ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ʟᴏsɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴠᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴀʙsᴇɴᴛ ғᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ɪs ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴀ ᴡᴇᴀʟᴛʜʏ sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀ, ʜᴇʀ ʟɪғᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇs ᴏᴠᴇʀɴɪɢʜᴛ. ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ, ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢʟʏ ᴄᴜᴛᴇ ʙᴏʏs sʜᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴘʟᴀɴɴᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ғᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ. ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ɪsɴ'ᴛ ᴀs sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴀs sʜᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ... ᥫ᭡ ₊˚ ✧ ♡ ₊˚⊹ !! ɴᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴍɪɴᴇ