I walked into the administration building as I walked in Tony followed me. "You think your big bad stuff!" I looked up seeing the principal screaming at a guy a little older then me about my cousins age. He wore a leather jacket with rips in the shoulders. The guy had jet black hair that looks like he just got out of bed the way it was tossed about. He looked bored. He was a lot buffer then Tony but he looked like he was trouble. As we walked in I saw him look our way then raise his brows at me. Tony stepped into his view and crossed his arms as if saying 'no way your touching my cousin.' The principal continued to shout at the guy but he seemed to not be listening. "get out of my office!" he screamed in the end. I watched as the guy walked our way he stopped and looked right at me. "hey there red." Rejected by her mate. Leaving to a new home Ruby finds a new adventure for herself.

Leaving behind everything she's ever known, Emilee enters a world of high glamour and even higher stakes. The new freedom that comes with being a part of the Famoux is intoxicating, but behind the perfect image lies an ugly truth - being popular is a matter of life or death. ***** Out of the wreckage of environmental collapse, the country of Delicatum emerged. Its most popular celebrities are the Famoux, uniquely beautiful stars of a reality TV show called the Fishbowl. In a world still recovering from catastrophe, they provide a 24/7 distraction. Sixteen-year-old Emilee Laurence is obsessed with the Famoux - they provide a refuge from her troubled home life and the bullies at school. When she receives an unimaginable offer to become a member herself, she takes it. But soon she realizes that fame can be deadly... Content and trigger warning: This story depicts mental health issues and contains scenes of violence. [[word count: 350,000-400,000 words]]

**Officially published as Clique Bait with HarperTeen!** Payment is usually a part of a basic transaction. You give and then you take. But, at Arlington Preparatory, people take at their leisure. They take their entertainment in the form of humiliation. They get what they want at the expense of their pawns. But they never pay. Chloe Whittaker has a hit list. But not exactly the murder kind. After her best friend is ripped from Arlington, punished for her fascination with climbing the hierarchy, she knows she has to end them. One by one. Revenge is sweet, and inflicting it is even sweeter. Only, what if someone she's determined to destroy, starts to win over her heart? Highest rank: #1 in teen fiction cover by @supernovass