Ezekiel Sceer is a serial killer, hiding in plain sight with his girlfriend, Paris Craide. He killed his first victim on his seventeenth birthday. It's been almost a year, and he's ended sixteen people's lives since. Except he can't figure out who the sixteenth person was. But he'll worry about that later. For now, Ezekiel's on the run from the police, Paris right by his side. Paris is loyal-undyingly so. But even though the two have been together for almost three years, Paris holds a secret that might just drive Ezekiel, along with everyone she loves, away.
Canada's borders have been closed, all public places require I.D. and retinal confirmation, and no one trusts anyone. All the police have is Paris's name, which, when run through the city's files of birth certificates, is stated "dead".
Now the police have no lead, and Ezekiel's steering himself towards insanity because he doesn't know the last person he killed, and everyone thinks that Paris is dead.
"But she's right here. Beside me. Talking to me, touching me, holding me."
Right?
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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