The Broken Ones

!!Content Warning!!

- Physical and emotional abuse (non‑sexual)
-Domestic violence
-Trauma, PTSD, panic attacks
-Controlling parent / family dysfunction
-Emotional distress
-Mentions of self-harm, suicide and death

...Read with care...

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Fifteen‑year‑old Aaliyah Black has learned how to survive.

At school, she is confident, admired, and respected - a girl who thrives in noise and chaos. At home, she is lost, constantly bracing herself for the next storm. Haunted by violent memories and sleepless nights, Aaliyah carries fears and troubles alone, protecting her younger sister Mimi from a world that is dangerous, cruel, and brutal.

As a new school year begins, old fears resurface, pressure builds, and a single moment shatters the fragile control Aaliyah has fought so hard to maintain. As the past starts to collide with the present, she is forced to confront the truth she has spent years denying, that surviving isn't the same as healing.

The Broken Ones is a raw, emotional story about trauma, sisterhood, and the weight of pretending to be okay when you are anything but - about what it means to grow up broken, and whether broken things can still be worthy of care.