Eros! Cinta yang gila... Jika ditanya apa itu Eros,
Emmaralle adalah Erosnya.
Dia pegun. Seluruh tubuhnya bagai dipegang dan ditahan oleh beribu-ribu pasang tangan.
Iris ambar dan wajah tampannya kini dilapisi sebuah topeng hitam yang tersenyum.
Di kerusi penonton, beribu-ribu pasang mata yang ghairah. Menunggu apa yang akan dipersembahkannya di atas pentas dunia itu.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"You killed him...?"
"Aku benci kau! I should have never met you in the first place,"
Wajah disebalik topeng itu berubah.
"Hey little one, I never said I'm an angel, though..."
Iris itu makin bersinar galak. Revolver ditangannya makin kuat ditekan pada tubuh si gadis yang bergaun indah. Tidak mempedulian kerumunan Aristokrat yang berada didalam Ballroom tersebut.
"Please, don't do this to me. Ini bukan awak... Daniel yang saya kenal bukan macam ni, hurm?"
Topeng hitam itu meretak.
"Ohh...How sweet of you. I told you before, right. Jangan dekat dengan aku, stay away from this devil!"
Benarlah...Dalam dunia ini, tak ada siapa yang betul. Tapi, tak ada siapa yang salah juga. Bila topeng itu dibuka, segala personaliti akan terbongkar.
Jika ditanyakan orang, itulah persona...baginya.
Who knows? Maybe the angel is wearing the devil's mask to approach the child. Enough to scare him off but in the reality...was trying to save him.
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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