BOOK 1 in the Drowning/Bully Standalone Series. WARNING: This book contains intense bullying, explicit scenes, triggering language, violence, and psychological content. I told Caden to cancel his stupid party. He told me, with that infuriating smirk, "Why? Planning to be my snack tonight?" Caden has made my life hell for four years, ever since our parents got married. He's gorgeous, arrogant, and the kind of boy Stanford girls trip over themselves for. Me? I'm the only one who sees right through him. He's a blatant bully, the devil who turned me into a surreptitious one. And now we're stuck sharing the same off-campus apartment for our entire freshman year. Living together means new rules, no boundaries... and a tension I never expected. The closer we get, the harder it becomes to remember why we ever hated each other in the first place- and nothing threatens our pride more than that. *** Step into an adventure of passion, forgiveness, and second chances. This is Caden and Madison's story.

stern /stərn/ adjective (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, Severine Yaruno; dauntless, fragile, but stern. She always thought of herself as the unluckiest person to have ever lived. She never believed in her future, abilities, and capabilities, for being an Undeground scum made her realize that they were as good as dead. If there's one thing she feared other than fate; it's love and trust. In the world she lives in, is love really necessary? And with the people surrounding her, is there really someone she can rely on. As she starts a new life; she hoped for a re-written destiny, no more of the people in her past; just new people for a new story. But her past is just the beginning of the first chapter; she can never erase it nor re-write it. No matter the consequences; no matter the past, if two people are meant to be, destiny will find a way. (PLEASE READ THE FIRST PART BEFORE STARTING THE BOOK) DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN SOME OF THE CHARACTERS. MOST OF THEM BELONGS TO HAJIME ISAYAMA