Romance. Do not read if you are sensitive to violence, foul language, or mature concepts. May be triggering, involves suicidal and self-harm.
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This is a story told from the perspectives of two people, the first is Sylvia, a 16-year-old with some serious issues. Abusive father, a mother who doesn't approve at all of Sylvia's tastes, bullies, abusive ex-boyfriends, and little siblings to protect, she's got the whole deal. All she's got left are her best friends: Amber, and music. Specifically, rock music. At Kantmorse High, she's the one in school nobody notices, besides of course to pick on and tease, the quiet one in the corner with her earbuds in. With romance and suicide sworn off, she's resigned to her cold, isolated life. Then, everything changes.
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Jumping between also the perspective of teenaged Blaithe Roila, a bad-boy who's so famous nearly everyone knows his name, a popular who has been kicked out of every high school in the district for his shenanigans, all except one. Kantmorse Public High School. Obsessed with crime, cigarettes, rap music, and anything outside the lines, he's not really keen to changing. He is known to almost everyone as the ultimate badass/player/bad-boy, and he's not willing nor wanting to change that image anytime soon. However, beneath his tough-guy, carefree, devil-may-care attitude, he hides family secrets of his own...
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...secrets only Sylvia sees. He seems to be the only one to notice her, and she feels strangely attracted towards the new boy in town, and thinks she may just be able to break his emotional shell. But will he let her? And is it worth the risk for her?
Formerly called 'Withered'
Highest Ranking as of 5/18/2018: #5 in Matureaudience; 12/7/2018: #3 in ied
I gulped as his hand cupped my jaw, "Tell me River. Are you scared of me?" He asked and I looked up at his eyes.
I didn't have to ponder over the matter long.
"I don't know." I said softly.
Daimen frowned and studied me for a while, "Just wondering, because you seem to love pissing me off. And most people don't. So I guess you need some figuring out to do."
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Daimen and River were both seniors at the same high school, they took some of the same classes, walked the same halls, live in fair distance from each other, but they couldn't have been more different. When high school was over River and Daimen became ghosts to each other but then years later fate decides to bring them back together.
River Sparrow hates confrontation. She's jumpy, but tries to see the bright side of situations. She's quiet, soft spoken, the "teacher's pet," and keeps to herself a lot. She's a volunteer at the local animal shelter and loves one dog in particular the most.
Daimen Princeston would fight in a heartbeat. He's strong, intimidating, and pretty much has people running for the hills at the very aspect of him getting angry. His devil-may-care attitude swirls around him and no one wants to get on his bad side. Of course River is afraid of him, and she has a good right to be.
But when River starts to learn more of the young man everyone fears she starts to see him in a new way. After some time feelings grow stronger and she hopes she's not fallen for a murderer. And if she has, who is she to deny him the love he so desperately needs?