Scars

"What are you doing in here? Get out!" I shouted, anger boiling inside me. How dare he barge into my room as if it belonged to him?
"I'm not leaving until I get what I want," he said, a sinister smile curling across his face. My heart froze as the blood drained from my face.
What does he want?...

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Avery Dixon is an eighteen-year-old girl still haunted by scars from her past. Three years ago, someone she trusted almost took everything from her-and her world has never been the same since.
Now she hides behind sarcasm, late-night study sessions, and her best friend's endless chatter.
But with her distant parents, a cousin whose gaze lingers too long, and a new tangle of high school drama, Avery's carefully built walls are starting to crack.
Some scars fade with time. Others never heal...