A deal (noun) is an agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit.
busy (adj.) a great deal to do
oc·cu·pied (adj.) busy and active
Stones can be described in one trait, wildly ambitious. The girl is back-breakingly determined, impressively intellectual, and is one with unbreakable compassion. She is the most promising ballerina the academy has seen in years.
Elizalde can be described in the same way, wildly ambitious, back-breakingly disciplined, the best of the best except. In short, he's completely locked in. He is filthy rich, famous, deadly cold, a young naval aviator, and a top dancer at the Vaganova Ballet Academy, even with all his titles, and his work, he has some dirty secrets that could destroy his reputation.
Giovanni is a player. He's forced to excel in something he doesn't want to do, and he escapes through by doing horrible deeds. He is exceedingly intelligent, beyond his years, a chess grandmaster, a musical prodigy, and a young notable dancer at the Vaganova Ballet Academy.
Reed is not your ordinary girl, she's groundbreakingly smart and back-breakingly disciplined. As a runaway from her wealthy parents, now living alone. She's a part-time barista while being a young figure skater. Early mornings, and late nights, she works for everything, and not a word of complaint comes out of her. But the worst part? She's only sixteen.
In the same school and from the same graduating class, they are all bright minds hailing from the esteemed Department of Science and Technology. Despite sharing the same halls and classrooms, fate has kept them apart and they have yet to meet. What if they're forced to interact after a series of unforeseen events occur? Faced with no more options, they made a deal, recognizing that cooperating with each other was no less than essential for achieving their shared goals.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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