Maya has spent five dreadful months in the psychiatric hospital recovering. Once she finally is released she is forced back into her boring life. But will things really be so boring still when she meets 'bad-boy' Noah Dalton? He is annoying, rude and always around Maya for reasons she can't understand. Maya is brave, yet also afraid that her choices could lead her spiralling back into a bad place again. Will Noah be able to save her from herself? Or will he be the cause of her destruction? ---------------------------- ~Noah's pov~ 'These,' I slowly run my finger across one of her scars, 'are fucking beautiful.' Before she can object, I carry on. 'Maya you are beautiful beyond perfection. You are strong. You are brave. You are funny. You are sweet. You are incredible. Look at yourself,' I nod down towards the scars on her arm and she slowly glances down at them before meeting my gaze again, 'those scars are beautiful. Do you know why?' I ask her. She wipes a tear from her already tear-stricken face before she shakes her head. 'Because every time you decided to do that to yourself, you didn't go further, you didn't end your life. You decided to carry on living even when you thought you couldn't manage it. Those scars right there,' I gesture to them again, 'show the battles you won against yourself. They are your battle-scars and you shouldn't be ashamed of them. And you know what? I am so proud of you for making it to where you are today because you are a fighter and If I can see that, anyone can.'

"𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞." 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. "𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬?"... "𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬." {THE THIRD BOOK IN THE EVERGLADE MANOR SERIES} 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 she was broken, she as destroyed inside and out. However she chose a different path, she chose anger. She lashes out. She has nothing but anger left in her shattered, helpless soul. Having gone through hell and only just making it out alive. She thinks that her life is hopeless, she's 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 not living. Yet one boy, one singular boy seems to bring that life into her. 𝐍𝐨𝐚𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧 the boy with the ocean eyes and the sandy hair. The boy who seems weak yet he has the strongest heart. The boy that lives in a 'hellhole' the boy who tries to live life to the fullest while having yo fight for his life and only just 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 the wrath of his father. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞 and 𝐍𝐨𝐚𝐡 both broken and both just hardly surviving the life that was given to them. Can they give each other the 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 that they both fight to have? 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭... 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.