The secret we hide
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Elara Quinn has one rule:
👤 Stay invisible.
After the trauma she left behind in her old city, she wants nothing more than to survive high school quietly and keep her past buried deep.
But Crestwood High has a way of exposing secrets... especially when Kade Mercer is involved.
He is the boy everyone fears cold, untouchable, and wrapped in rumors darker than night. People whisper that anyone he cares about ends up hurt... or worse.
So why does he keep noticing her?
Why do his eyes soften every time they meet hers?
And why does Elara feel like he understands the pain she hides better than anyone ever has?
As their worlds intertwine stolen glances, late-night rooftop confessions, and hearts learning to beat again a truth begins to surface:
Some secrets don't stay buried.
Some wounds ache for the right person to see them.
But in a school where gossip spreads like fire and danger lurks behind perfect smiles...
Falling for each other might be the most dangerous secret of all.
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