Mankind is not the same anymore. It has changed over time with new concepts and ideas coming into peoples heads. New fashion trends, technology updating, and finding out new possible ways to make life more easy for us to handle. Life will always change from the day someone is born to a day when someone dies. New people are created, new people to influence, new people to show that the world before is not what it is today..and its failing. Although the thought of an updating world is cool, it truly isn't. Many people have corrupted minds and are lead in the wrong direction. Our own kind trying to kill, hurt, abuse, or mentally scar the innocent. We scream in terror that these corrupted people might hurt us one day. There is a 'saying' however that has made our world into believing that one day our world will become in perfect harmony again. "When the powers of bravery, loyalty, trustworthiness, happiness, honesty, and respectful are all together; then harmony will at once be alligned."
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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