PLAYING WITH FIRE
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In this dystopian world, one mistakes can cost you your freedom -but there's one last chance before prison.
Aurora took it. Now she's at an elite reformation academy hidden far from the cities, where those who've broken the law are sent to redeem themselves instead of being locked away forever.
She's here to follow the rules, stay invisible and never speak of what brought her here. But when a file goes missing and an unexpected connection sparks with the one person she swore to hate -staying in line becomes impossible.
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