[Loving him meant risking everything. Loving me would kill him. Losing him would kill me.] ⠀ Aristelle Avery finds herself in a constant battle of love and pain when her horrifying past threatens her family and the new life she's made for herself in college. ⠀ ---------------------- ⠀ "This is over. Whatever we are, we're over." As I opened my car door, he spoke again. His words were quicksand, and I knew if I didn't find my way around this trap, I'd have no choice but to fall and he wouldn't hesitate to drown me. "But I'm in love with you." I refused to acknowledge the painful squeeze in my chest as I got into the driver's seat anyway. "You're just in love with the idea of me. You'll get over it when you find something new to fix."
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