"Your species should feel grateful!" The Human girl snapped. "At least we're not locking you up and experimenting on your organs."
I snickered and retorted, "No, you Humans just do that to your own kind. Tell me again about the Holocaust?"
"Tristan!" My older sister, Sennya, gasped in shock, and then her azure eyes shone of anger and disappointment.
I inwardly cringed. 'I wonder how many people you just offended, Brother.' My twin sister, Nezaela, chuckled pitifully in our telepathic thoughts.
And the Human girl, Saffron, the one I'm supposed to call 'friend', whose expression morphed from astound to hurt to rage, she slapped me hard across the cheek.
I was a damned alien, I deserved it.
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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