E·phem·er·al
(adj.) Lasting for a very short time
ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ
Aurora has spent thirteen years surviving, not living.
Trapped in a broken home filled with cruelty and violence, every day has been a battle against the monsters she was forced to call family. Stained by her striking appearance--skin, hair, and eyes devoid of pigment--Aurora has always stood out.
But one night, when flashing lights and sirens tear through the darkness of her world, everything changes. Her nightmares have been taken away in handcuffs, and for the first time, Aurora is free.
Or so she believes.
Whisked away to a sprawling manor in New York, she's thrown into a new life with six mysterious older brothers she's never met, secrets buried in every corner, and danger that feels strangely familiar. As Aurora tries to rebuild, she begins to worry if the past is truly behind her, or if something even darker has been waiting all along.
Meek, quiet, and resilient, Aurora is done merely surviving.
She's ready to live and claim her new life as more than Ephemeral.
Even if it kills her.
ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ
⏾ The first couple chapters are short but get longer as you go.
"𝗔𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿."
After being through a lifetime of trauma Milana Alyona Vasiliev finally feels like she can breath as relief envelopes her into its sweet embrace. But like everything, it is short lived as a new piece of information changes everything she thought she knew.
All the sweet lies she had been told finally unfold to present a bittersweet truth, one that she could never expect in all the years she has lived. It could be a chance to move on and to finally have something she craved so much, a family.
But the longer she stares at those who hold her future in their grasps, she realizes that even though her future wasn't the brightest, it was a known evil. Now she dives into the unknown and can only hope she can survive.
And if you throw trauma, secrets, utter chaos, friendship and love into a perfect mix, there's no way of knowing if it'll turn out well. For once Milana has no idea if she'll be able to face what awaits her.