An Elucidation of Why
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Last published Sun, Apr 27, 2025
Mia Smith was supposed to be dead.
She faked her own death to escape a past full of betrayal, murder, and revenge. Now, she's Amber Zelensky-a cold-blooded assassin with a new identity and a new life. Or so she thinks.
Starting over in a new city and a new school, Amber has one goal: to stay out of trouble, blend in, and make sure no one discovers who she really is. But Mercy High isn't just any high school. It's full of secrets, power plays, and dangerous people. Amber has to keep her true self buried and make her way through the halls without attracting attention-at least not the wrong kind.
The more she interacts with her new classmates, the more she realizes that staying under the radar might be harder than she thought. Some people are bound to get too close. And when you've been trained to kill, trust is the last thing you can afford. But in this new world of lies and deception, will Amber's cold heart be enough to protect her-or will the very people she's trying to use as collateral become her downfall?
Murder. Betrayal. Survival. This is just the beginning for Valentine Fury.
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