After Sumé lost her parents in different ways, she has been going through tough times and getting bullied at every opportunity. However, she finds some strength in her friends Hana and Kayla. As the darkness keeps calling to her, she finds herself skipping school the next day and heading deep into the woods, seeking anything or anyone to take her away from this cruel world. In the middle of the woods, near a pond, stands a bright red pearl shining proudly. Thinking she could earn lots of money and provide for her and her brother, she picks up the pearl, only to black out the moment it touches her. Slowly, she awakens to see a girl, perhaps the same age as her, facing her with her back turned. Sumé groans as the pain of hitting the floor comes to her. The girl turns around, and Sumé gasps as the girl, strangely familiar yet unfamiliar, looks exactly like her, albeit slightly different, with bright red hair and a long white dress too big for her. "Get up, Sumé. The world is in danger."
After she tragically loses her mother, Cassie turns to street fighting-but she soon learns that the biggest fights happen outside the ring.
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Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Haynes has never been one to follow the rules. Constantly on the brink of expulsion at school, she doesn't care what anyone thinks about her. But when tragedy strikes and she is left alone to care for her little sister, Cassie needs to find a way to survive and quick. Without telling a single soul, she moves to the next city over and turns to the only thing she knows--the illegal sport of street fighting. As her fights get grittier and more dangerous, Cassie finds out that there are even more people out for her blood. She'll do anything to protect her little sister and some people are about to learn the hard way.
Content and/or Trigger Warning: attempted suicide in Chapter 2.
[[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
Link to the sequel - https://www.wattpad.com/story/29778845-the-mystery-fighter-ii
Cover designed by Ren T