twined
[BOOK ONE] Astella is the daughter of the second chairman of the Galeria Okiana, the soon-to-be-president of the organization, and one of the richest men on their planet. He, along with her money-adoring stepmother, always say they want the best for her, but to Astella it just never seems like that is the truth.
She decides they've gone too far when they tell her she'll be finishing her education on Earth, the historically richest human-inhabited planet in the galaxy, and makes plans to run away. The only problem is that if she wants to leave for good, she has to leave her planet, and that means trusting Rainn, the convict-in-hiding who seems to know a little too much about Astella's life. Since it's her only option, there's nothing much she can do. So she agrees.
But it seems like Astella can't run away. She soon discovers she is not anonymous and that her father hides a terrible secret. Worse off, her name has been branded next to Rainn's, and if she were to be caught, the consequences would be graver than she ever expected.