I've never been able to taste fear before, but I do now, it lingers in the air. Like a flame. Kindled by the president, fed by the citizens, and I'm the one who has to put it out. The extinguisher? Possibly my life. ꧁ .・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・. ꧂ In a world where expressing emotions are illegal and can lead to execution, everything seems perfect. All the countries and their citizens are efficient, orderly and obedient, and nobody seems to question the rules. But Ada Alexander struggles to keep her emotions hidden and she discovers more and more feelings that most humans have forgotten long ago, love, grief, anger, pain and fear. When the system glitches and she is able to cry for the first time ever, she feels tricked and robbed by the government, becomes inspired and develops a revolutionary plan to break the system so people can feel once again, and her family worries for her life. But will her death and discoveries be worth it? 𝙄𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣'𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙. Highest rank achieved: #3 in #dystopianfuture Warning: Suicide, violence, gore, self-harm and mature language. I will be publishing many chapters, each chapter has three parts, all published separately at different times. If you have any feedback, please feel free to share it with me, I love feedback! ♡ Cover by: @rose_anselina Tysm Lea, go check out her cover shop please! [Completed] Word count: 50146 Words Original Fictional Novel © walkeralyssayeohxoxo | 2021 © All Rights Reserved Started - 25th November 2020 Finished - 26th April 2021

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭.

"Why did you lie to me?" "At first it was to spite you, but then it was to protect you." "And now?" "Now I need you. If you leave me, I won't be able to move on."

This world isn't dying. It's already dead.

𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐? 𝑱𝒐𝒆, 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒓, 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓, 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒚 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆, 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕?