Carmens perfect life was shattered three years ago when she was just fifteen.
Left in a dark abandoned park after being brutally raped and tortured, the only thing she can do is wait for death to come.
But it isn't Death who finds her. Instead a young man arrives and gets her to a hospital.
Carmen wakes up after a month in coma only to realise, that the girl she was never did survive. In her place was someone Carmen didn't recognize. Someone used and depressed. Someone who can't even stand the touch of her loved ones.
Six months later she is so deep in a dark hole, that even her twin can't reach her there, thanks to her guilt and the dark secret they share that, if reveiled, could cost them their loved ones.
But then,on a stormy night, when she thinks that maybe death is the only medicine for the paralyzing pain inside her, a stranger arrives.
Dorian has his own secrets and reasons, why he wants to save this young broken girl. While dancing to the music acompanied by thunder and the waves, a unique but strong bond forms between the two.
Now, three years later, Carmen is finally ready to enter normal life again and to go back to school for her senior year.
But what happens, when her return causes the monsters of her past to rise their ugly heads again? What happens if the long ago buried secrets start to come to daylight.
Will Dorian be able to keep Carmens soul from fracturing again?
Or will this new storm extinguish the flame of her spirit forever?
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?
*****
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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