Book1of4 Stories

Hey reader. Yes, you-the one with a soft spot for stories and a wild heart that's always chasing the next emotional adventure. I could tell you what this book is about. I could list the tropes, the twists, the tears, the laughter. But where's the fun in that? This isn't a summary. It's a dare. A dare to take a risk. To flip that first page and fall into something unexpected. To meet characters who feel like old friends and strangers who might just steal your heart. You'll laugh. You might cry. You'll text someone at 2 AM saying, "I wasn't ready for that." And if you decide it's not for you? No worries, buddy. I'll miss you. But if you stay-oh, if you stay- You're in for a ride that's messy, romance, and maybe a little magic. So go on. Be brave. Take the risk. Because sometimes, the best stories are the ones you walk into blindfolded... ...with your heart wide open.

"All the dangers coming at you, every single second of your life, it makes you stronger. But it all comes with a cost. And that my dear, is the part of being a legacy, cause you never stop fighting. Because the sake of reality is in every one of our hands." Calista Viotto has led a standard life. Playing Mario cart and basketball with friends, doing her sophomore homework, crushing on girls, but when mysterious golden marks show up on her skin out of the blue, it starts effecting her family in weirder and creeper ways then others. Ayla Ramano and her brother have been struggling since the loss of their parents and immigration from Italy, but they've always managed to pull through. But not when strange purple marks have been making Ayla see things and do things no human should be able to. All Melody Thomas wants is for their parents to except them. Except them for being ace and aro and nonbinary, except them for not wanting to be a doctor and wanting to travel the world. But now that's the least on their mind after they almost making a BUS explode with weird green sparkly magic. "Be strong Shawn." "You must be independent Shawna." That's what Shawna, or sometimes Shawn, Wilson has been told his whole life. Being told to be strong and not listen to what other people say about you. He's had problems with teasing, being over weight, having vitiligo, and being a genderfluid teenage hasn't helped much, but he's always pushed through it. Until getting weird blue marks and seeing ghosts everywhere happened. Scarlett wants friends. Being poor, trans, and Muslim doesn't make thing bad, but the fact she's so sensitive, insecure, shy, and just SCARED makes things bad. But then she starts seeing things, horrible things, and making things move with MAGIC, now, now she must be brave. Join these five in a journey of growth, friendship, love, grief, and sacrifice, as they discover who they are.

This is my story. It's the story of how my life, which started out well, was turned upside down when I was 16 years old. You see: They brought me here to Voltaire Asylum. The place where all the crazy people live. The people who don't fit into 'Normal' society. The people who are thought to be harmful. People like me. This is the story about how I survived inside the asylum. H.