Hi, my name is Ashley Blithe Orcuss, I'm seventeen years old, and I'm a musician. A musician, in the sense that the earth is a rock, that is. I've toured across every first-world country on the planet, six of my albums have gone platinum, and, obviously, I get whatever I want. The only thing I don't have these days is the ownership of my soul. A year ago I sold my soul to the devil for success. I always had the talent, but the world can be blind to things it can't quite fathom.
But the contract had a loophole: for every other person I can get to sell their soul, I get one more month before I die. Pretty sweet deal, considering I have endless followers who would do anything to impress me. I'm basically immortal, have all the fame and recognition I deserve, and the world bows at my feet. You're probably realizing by now that I'm a piece of shit, and you're not wrong. Yeah, I'm also honest with myself about who I am. Unfortunately, I have this so-called guardian angel pestering me now, doing his damnedest (no pun intended) to make me realize that I'm a good person. He claims he has a way to get me out of my contract, but honestly, I don't want out.
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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