Anna Thomas, having been physically abused by her father for years, strains to find peace after her father's imprisonment. Anna and her mother have a new life in a distant city, with citizens who know nothing about their past. In this story, Anna would discover the keys that would open the chains that bound her and be free. But being free does it also mean loving? Will she learn how to trust, despite the beating she had to endure from her dad, no less? If you can't trust your parents, can you trust anybody?
Anna embarks on a journey to seek answers to her questions of whether she is capable of loving, if someone could love her, if she can leave the past in the past and if when she becomes free, would it be a good thing. Know the answers with Anna as she experiences love, brokenness, sadness, confusion and happiness.
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?
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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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