Blake Wilson has been an outcast all her life, and she's fine with it. She prefers it. It means she doesn't have to deal with anyone's shit in the miserable jungle of hormones known as school. But when her parents announce that they're moving to her former hometown, the place she is determined to forget, everything is flipped upside down.
Now she will have to build everything from the start, get to know new people, and figure out why she keeps running into a certain hooded blonde.
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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