The boy in the window
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𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡,
𝑃𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑡.
𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘆 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁.
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Arabella, a 17 year-old girl, starts Westbridge - the most prestigious school in England.
She doesn't belong in this world, but when a dark secret unfolds, she has no choice but to stay - and fight for the one she loves.
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Started 1/02/21
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