Jace was living a very normal teenage boy life. Going to school every weekday, hating all his teachers, getting ignored by girls, being made fun of by football players, having drama with his friend, getting threatened by his bully, sent to the hospital from his bully, studying for his exams, and not being noticed by most. That's his life, his somewhat normal, outcast life. Until now.
One random day when his parents were on a trip, strangers knocked on the door. Once he opened the door, the shoved him to the ground and forced him into a straight jacket. The only thing he could do was scream questions. "Who are you? What do you want? What are you doing?" He got no response. They drug him outside to their van and forced him inside. Next thing he knew, someone held a mask that covered his mouth and nose. Then everything went dark.
He finally woke up in a strange room. It was small and had a single bed with the only exit being a solid metal door. There must have been a camera that he didn't see because someone opened the door once he woke up and lead him out. They spoke no words, not one. The man lead him to a separate room that had nothing more than a table and two chairs. The man, still silent, brought him to a chair and chained his hands to the arm rests so he couldn't move.
Once the man left, Jace noticed a pile of papers on the table in front of him. They had information on someone.
Name: Shawn Columns
DOB: January 15, 1997
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Condition: Unstable, Dangerous
He is a man suffering from being a sociopath. Watch out for these descriptions of him:
- he has a two inch scar under his right eye
- he has a five inch scar behind his left ear
- he has a ten inch scar on his left leg
- he has horrible vision in his right eye
- he lives alone/no family
Jace started to feel light headed. They have the wrong guy but all the proof fits...
What is he going to do? Will they believe him? Will he be stuck there? What about the real sociopath?
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.