"Never let me go, Grimes."
"As long as you don't let me go, Dixon"
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Ever since the apocalypse started, the whole world changed.
Meet Ellie Dixon.
Her dad is Daryl Dixon. She has his eyes and brown hair. She kinda looks like him, she has his death glares, everything like him, yes even the attitude. She's basically a mini Daryl Dixon. They got separated at the start of the messed up abomination which she used to call her planet. But she found him when Rick brought her back to his group's camp with, T-Dog, Andrea, Jaquie, Glenn, and Martineze.
She's been with them ever since, the CDC, the farm, and now...the prison. She's not a typical 14 year old girl, you know. She wasn't a girl with pigtails, she was a girl looking for survival since the day she was born.
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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