Some people don't know the true definition of broken. To them, broken may mean 'I have stretch marks' or 'my dad froze my accounts' but, meeting me, I'm the true definition of broken...
What do you call a child or person who doesn't have parents? An orphan right? Well, it's worse than that. I caused the death of my parents. I saw them take their last breath, my brother has been in comatose for over 4 years and my sister has been missing for over 4 years and is now proclaimed dead. All this happened on my 13th birthday. Trust me, BROKEN IS ME. I was thinking of living my life holed up in my room but, I was told I have to attend school since, this is my senior year... I decided to try my best but, Xavier West (the official 'bad boy' of my cousin's school won't let me be. My snobs and rude xor sarcastic replies don't faze him and it's like, he sees me as his new challenge...
~Almira Evans
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The new girl seems distant...it's like, she's not who she says she is. She's hiding something maybe bottling up a lot of emotions. She looks fragile yet, so strong. She seems repulsive yet so pleasant. She may act rude but, I have a feeling it's not who she is. I must find a way to break down her walls and, break the balls of my so called father who wants to ruin my mother and sister's life. Right now, I must get to the bottom of Almira's issue...
~Xavier West
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.