Suburban life is boring.
You've got the streets, the occasional streetlight, the city and, finally, the forest that endlessly creeps along the outskirts of the entire area. Not much else. The forest is deep, dark and big, not only that, creatures prowl through the thick undergrowth devouring all who enter, but there's something else too, something more human.
The city people seem to be brainwashed out of entering that dastardly place, brainwashed out of leaving.
Until the day the girl left.
She was strange, that girl, she simply didn't fit in.
She wanted to escape the city. She wanted to run, she wanted to be free. However, her escape will change the fate of her entire world. It's on this runaway journey she meets her first love, her first friend, and her first enemy.
Magic is bound to the forest, and a great War is brewing between both Mortal and Magic kind. The fate of the world rests with this girl, her lover, and her closest friend.
A story of magic, love and adventure.
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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