"You are the most caring, forgiving, and sweet person I've ever known when the world has been so cruel to you- I was cruel to you."
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Violet Gray is a poor, lonely girl with a troubled life, while her counterpart, Eclaire "Claire" White, is wealthy, popular, and athletic. Midwest's East River High has a cruel social hierarchy that thrives on drama and rumors. Based on that, the pair already has negative feelings about one another. Claire believes that Violet is an unkempt creep, and Violet thinks Claire is a stupid, narcissistic whore. However, the opposites properly meet for the first time, due to a partner project.
They don't connect very well at first, but when they finally open up about their personal lives, a complicated relationship blossoms. The duo sticks together and helps each other through their vastly different issues, whether it's shitty boyfriends, dysfunctional parents at home, getting revenge on your traitor best friend, or simply just trying to be a better person.
In a nutshell: Violet realizes that balancing your shitty home life, social life, and a situationship is NOT for the weak.
NOTE: If you see "❀" between paragraphs, that means that it's a time skip to another scene or a POV switch!
CONTENT WARNINGS:
Substance Abuse
Self Harm
Parent Death
Domestic Violence
Gun Violence
Drugs
Implied Sex and Described Sex Scenes
Depression
Everyone sees Aira Sharma as a quiet, simple girl.
Soft-spoken. Introverted. Too silent for a cruel world.
She lives under the roof of the powerful Singhania family-
a mafia empire where strength is loud and dominance is everything.
To them, Aira is fragile. Someone to protect. Someone to watch over.
But what they don't know is far more dangerous.
Behind her silence lies a truth no one can imagine.
An empire she controls from the shadows.
A power that moves without being seen.
A queen without a face.
As secrets begin to stir and the Singhania world grows darker,
Aira's silence becomes her strongest weapon.
Because she was never weak.
She was just waiting.