Number 66

You can run from a place. Not from a person.

Two years ago, Valerie Bennett disappeared.

One rumor.
One secret.
One boy who knew the truth.

And one betrayal that destroyed everything.
Senior year was supposed to be perfect-until something happened that Valerie has spent every day trying to forget. Dean Di Laurentis was the only person she trusted. The only one she told. The only one who promised to protect her.

And the only one who could have leaked her secret.
At least... that's what she believes.

Now, two years later, Valerie transfers to Briar University for a fresh start.

New school. New friends. New life.
No past. No pain. No Dean.

She doesn't know he goes there.
She doesn't know he's the star of the hockey team.
She doesn't know he's about to walk back into her life like a punch to the chest.

Enemies.
Lovers.
Liars.
Survivors.

Some stories don't start with love.
They start with a name you swore you'd never hear again.

TW: contains explicite content, trauma, manipulation ...
DISCLAIMER: All other characters except Valerie Bennet belong to ELLE KENNEDY!