I sit up, my knees tucked under and my back straight. Flutters of cries and sobs fill the air, everyone dressed in silks of black. I pull my long, wavy, auburn hair forward as it sweeps the floor boards, my clothes are a simple cream dress, complimented by flats and ripped edge' s. The only thing that ruined it was the dried up blood that was caked and stained me, only my face remaining clean.
I giggle as my father talks about our silly games, My mother always complaining, now smiling as tears dripped off her face. She whispers silently, telling God to bring Augustia back to them. Her death so sudden and tragic. My sister, Amalee, is asked to speak, but refuses, as she can not, from shock, despair, and pain of losing her elder sister.
Who am I? I'm just the narrator of this Romeo-and-Juliet-tragedy-like-story. But..
Most people call me Augustia.
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June The 5th, the day wishes come true. August' s long time crush returns to town, her university application accepted, her best friend got accepted to N.Y.C.U, Graduation is coming and she's a straight A student council president. Life couldn't be better.
That was until, she died.
Now, she's a wandering soul, doomed to watch over her family and friend's as they continue to breath as she just, floats.
But, how can dying get worse? God is gone, and his descendant, Lucas, is Lord. And he is one Judgemental, stubborn and down-right mean ruler. And she's stuck with him.
The only way up is by training to be an angel, by babysitting teenager's, and August get' s stuck with the most difficult case, her Queen Bee in her class. From, well, when she was alive. And boy, is she a task at hand.
Life couldn't be more perfect, until Augustia Balmour died.
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After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.