Nico di Angelo used to be happy. But that was eight years before his life was ruined. Eight years before he was kidnapped. Eight years since he wasn't afraid. Will Solace somehow gets tangled into Nico's life. He eagerly welcomes Nico as his friend, shows him how wonderful the world can be, and that some people are there for important reasons. Will teaches him to be brave. WARNINGS: This contains many forms of abuse, violence, and sexual assault. There is also a suicide in one of the later chapters (But the character isn't Nico, Will, Reyna, or any of the seven. I don't want to say exactly who, because I don't want to spoil it). Please don't read if you feel like anything like that could trigger you. (Yeah, I suck at summaries.) (none of the characters or media is mine, but you guys probably guessed that already) THE WRITING GETS BETTER AFTER A FEW CHAPTERS I SWEAR The cover was made by the lovely @DerynZoeChase

{ effervescence; n.: bubbles in a liquid } a whole world of blue and green above them as they spoke the things they never said which came out in bubbles and quickly disappeared in the water; up, up, up, while their lungs filled with water - up, down, floating - and they d r o w n e d | Teen Fiction Awards Winner in the Category Writing |