Two weeks. That's how long it took for Sang Sorenson's life to change forever. Suddenly alone, she reluctantly registers for Westcott Preparatory, the boarding school in New York she received a scholarship for and her first chance at a normal life. Well, as normal as nine Academy boys can make it. ---- Note: This is a fan fiction based on CL Stone's Academy series. Therefore, primary characters portrayed are hers and hers alone. I am receiving no financial gains for this nor will any be sought.

Book 3 of the Out of Darkness series. Sang and the boys have an official mission at Ashley Waters High School, and an unofficial one to ferret out the Academy mole. This book picks up directly where book two, Ashes, leaves off.

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When Sang Sorenson wakes up to find a note from her boys that leaves her shattered, she has no idea where to go or what to do. Her eating habits get worse until an unexpected surprise takes control of her life and gives her some form of pleasure. ***The idea for this story was inspired by AcademyPrincess's Life Without Them. I always try to give credit where credit is due. This story is based off of C.L. Stone's Ghost Bird series and contains characters from both GB and SB. This story is purely for entertainment purposes and no financial gain will be sought after.*** Cover will change eventually.

Tessa Spencer had spent so long saving up to leave home that she wasn't about to be baited back to states by some sad phone call from her mom. This wasn't about the struggles of a one Mrs. Ann Spencer... This was about the liberation of an unimportant twenty-year-old girl who was determined to find her place in the world - even if it was three thousand miles from everything she had ever known.

They never came back, so she left. Follow Sang's crazy ride through college with the Overton football team.

Victor stared at the email, confused as to who would even know his personal email address. He took a breath then clicked it open. A picture of stunning quality filled the screen, the subject of it making Victor cringe. It was a snapshot of a bully-Marie Sorenson, well known to the Academy crew- shoving a smaller girl over, her textbooks scattered around her in the grass. A single line of text followed the image; "I've seen what you do for this school. Help me help her." +-+-+ Sang Sorenson, a passionate photographer with a golden heart, is fed up with the cruelness of the students. She might not be able to help herself, but that wouldn't keep her from helping others. So when she finds the fights she's been photographing all have one thing in common, the same group of boys breaking them up every time, she knows just how to help. Discretely snapping a picture of one of the boys' phone screen as he opened his email, capturing his email address, she quickly uploaded a picture of her sister being the bully that she was, and sent the boy an email. Satisfied that she had found a way to help, she sat back and watched, waiting for the boys to save the day. +-+-+ When Victor gets an anonymous email containing a picture of a bully and a request for help, the boys were stunned. Who was this mystery person? How did they know to come to them for help? How did they even know Victor's email? Unable to decline the request, they set out to stop Marie, the bully in the photo, only to find more emails in Victor's inbox. One after another, the emails flooded in, the boys unable to do anything to reveal the sender's identity. Until they spot the girl behind the camera.

Sang is a trained assassin, with a conscience. She hates killing her victims after getting the needed information out of them and usually leaves them alive, but with a warning. She is about to "retire" and live a "normal" life with. Her last job, kill George and Jasmine Morgan for 15 million dollars. Also get info out of them about the treatment of their son and his "family" and where the money he's apparently made playing the piano is. The person that's hired her.... Victor Morgan himself. She actually works for a higher up position in the Academy, where as Victor and his "family" are in a lower one. She is the top assassin, but they are the top in their division. Will she be able to leave this "family" after actually meeting them? Will she actually kill Victor's parents?

Sang is finally legal of age-21 She escaped the Sorenson household 2 years without anyone stopping her She moves to New York She takes the train to work and school everyday but when she's on the train she sees the same people...well more like guys What will happen ?

What would the Academy's top-rated, bombshell of a Ghost Bird do when she's offered to do a highly dangerous, month-long mission in Charleston, SC, not knowing what or who awaits her in the place she used to call home? Will she accept this mission and be forced to face her past, present and future or step away and not take the risk? Well, one thing's for sure. She's in for the surprise of her life. *An alternate universe based from CL Stone's characters from the Ghost Bird Series. Another fanfiction by yours truly ❤️ **This was greatly inspired from the song Ex's & Oh's by Elle King. *wink wink* ***Beautiful story cover made by the wonderful and talented StrawberryM1KO. Thank you Momo-chan. ****Beta work done by the great leedlelawliet 👌Thanks Alexussshi 😚