"When she opened her eyes, she found herself sat up in her bed, panting, a cold sweat stroking her forehead. Without hesitation, she grabbed the notebook on her bedside table and wrote down the fresh memory of that dream. She didn't stop, not once, until she wrote the last line with tears in her eyes.
Tonight, I have reached The Other End."
Vera Lowell has kept a secret for almost twenty years, a repetitive dream that has tormented her since she was a child. It is always the same, a red string attached to her little finger that she pulls, and pulls, without ever reaching the end of it. She has kept that secret buried in her soul until, on the night of her twenty-first birthday, the dream finally changes allowing her to reach at last, The Other End.
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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