The Hogwarts years have flown by with one great flourish of Dumbledore's wand, and Lily Evans has finally fallen in love with James Potter. Everyone expects James Potter to reciprocate after his six long years of chasing, but something seems off about him and another Gryffindor, Adeline Lark.
Adeline Lark is a silent, mysterious girl always scribbling away in her journal or reading novel after novel after novel. She despises the world, and the world hates her for it. She lives in a reality of her own. No one seems to know what she's thinking- except for James Potter himself.
When Adeline finds out her entire world is on the brink of collapse, she strangely finds solace in a new Muggle reading group, called the Dead Poets Society. And in that group is none other than all four of the infamous Mauraders, and of course, James.
Can they see through her cold act, or will the ice drain into her heart? Will James forever love Lily, or has his heart been stolen by another? Will Adeline learn to love?
And what exactly, pray tell, is written in the notes in the margins?
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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