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❝Depression is like a war; you either win or you die trying.❞ Sixteen-year-old Lacey Lawless wants to die. The bullying has gone on for too long, and it's getting harder to hide the bruises she receives from the abuse at home. Living doesn't seem worth it anymore, and breathing feels like a chore. When Alex, the mysterious new boy, starts taking an interest in Lacey, will she see that life is worth living? Or will she end it all without a second thought? ⠀ TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains potentially triggering content. [ This story has now been published as an ebook and paperback on Amazon ]

It was pity that first made Dannie speak to him. She had known Ryan since she was a kid, but he had always been the popular Golden Boy, and she had always been the tomboy that didn’t mind not having any friends. It was odd, she had thought, that all the popular kids who had once kissed the ground he walked on, didn’t so much spared him a glance anymore, and it was this that made her sit with him that one faithful day and begin something that would only end up causing her pain.