CB_Dahlia
In New Atlanta, love isn't chosen...it's assigned.
On their eighteenth birthday, every citizen wakes with ink on their ribs: the first words their future Pair will ever speak to them. The Words decide everything-relationships, housing, even identity.
Briar Kingsley wants none of it.
While her classmates anticipate this milestone, Briar dreads the loss of her freedom. She's always dreamed of a life built on choice, not instructions written under her skin.
But as midnight approaches, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: some fates feel more like cages than promises.
Will Briar follow her Words, or will she run from them? Dive in to find out!