Phoenix's Lies
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River South. Supposed a good girl with the face of an angel, who hides more secrets and pain than could be guessed or comprehended. Numb to it all and broken-hearted.
Phoenix North. Star athlete with a cold and arrogant attitude....and a broken heart. Pain from an old wound made him into the player he is now.
When the two get thrown together after he moves back to their hometown of Ayrith as his father's last attempt to help Phoenix, will the two manage to reconnect after so much time apart and having changed so much from the people they once knew the other to be?
Both struggling with addiction, pain, loss and heartbreak, will River and Phoenix be able to save and mend each other? or will their pasts of darkness and pain draw the two deeper into something addictive and twisting that they may not be able to escape?
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