Ashes
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Things didn't fall apart the night i lost the two people in the world who meant the most to me. I hit rock-bottom long ago and i hit the ground running. What's the point of getting out when you're just going to fall back in again? The more i think about it, the more i wonder if my siblings are better off dead. They had no one. Aside from me, but let's face it, i may be clinically insane.
They never have to grow up. Ten years old for all eternity.
I was never going to be able to shield them from this world forever.
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Tilley Kieran, in her seventeen years of existence, never had a chance to be a child. From the moment she could walk, her world had begun to spiral. Years of abuse, neglect and unwarranted responsibility begin to take their toll on a kid. The loss of her two younger siblings leaves Tilley with nothing to lose, and nothing left to fight for- a concept Tilley embraces whole-heartedly.
Tilley has only one goal: to hurt those who have made her life a living hell. Her shattered heart can cut them all to pieces, given the opportunity. What better way is there to seek revenge than to burn all that has harmed her to the ground?
In her mind, she is unstoppable.
Nothing can intercept her fury.
Not the cops riding hot on her tail. Not the boy chasing after her, oblivious to the hurricane that is Tilley's mind.
She believes she's past help, and past love. She will shake the world if it's the last thing she does.
After all, what's more dangerous than someone who has nothing left to lose?
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