Have you ever thought about death? About what comes after it? Some people believe in heaven and hell, others believe that there is nothing, and lastly, some people believe in being reborn as another person. I am here to tell you the truth. None of that bullshit is true. Where I come from, if you believe in heaven, or anything listed above, you get locked in an asylum. For the slower people reading this, that means Mental Hospital, Looney Bin, etc. Where I come from, there are two choices: Live, but fear them, or die, and become one of them. Now, if you are unsure about what I refer to as them, than you clearly are uneducated. I refer to the Demons as them, only because if you say their name and they are close by, they'll hear. They work in strange ways. By the way, I'm Radley De Luca.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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