Lucinda Freeman was 15 when it all began. She was a sophomore in high school when the bullying started. She was the average girl, but she was both smart and beautiful, and every guy loved her. But with every up comes a down. Every single girl hated her for it. The more popular girls began to bully her, and the week after, Luci gets fed up with everything. She tried to commit suicide. Her brother found her, but when he brought her to the hospital, he'd thought she was dead. Luckily, she wasn't fully dead. She was in a coma. During all of this, she began to create a world, which involved all those who loved her. Her brother, mother, father, horse, and dogs. Slowly, they began to fade from her world. All began to lose hope that she would ever come back from her coma. Three years Luci has been in this coma, in her very own world. Her spirit can travel into the world we know as ours, but none can see her or feel her presence. She vowed to herself never to love anyone again, because she knew she'd never see them again. But the 3 years, she has been in this coma, she has come to find herself stronger, and less naive to hateful words. While visiting 'our world', Luci tries desperately to get someone to see her. She comes across Liam, who can see her. They grow close, but something is different about Luci. Day by day, Luci is beginning to fade. Luci is not fully dead yet. The longer shes away from her body, the easier it is for both body and soul to die. Will Liam be able to save her in time, or will she die, and fade away forever?
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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