Aubrey is a quiet girl, until you get to know her. Recently, she has turned off all emotions and all feeling due to a rough breakup, and has not let anyone get close enough to know her. Really, she herself has not noticed anything going on in her life. She is numb to everything.
The day that Aubrey decides to come back to life, she meets Jace Lendon. He’s anything and everything a girl could ever ask for: a romantic, selfless, gentleman. It must be fate, meeting him on this day, of all days. And he just can't seem to be able to resist those deep, golden eyes of hers. For once, the feeling is mutual. Jace is the first person to attract Aubrey's attention since cheating Andrew. With him, she feels safe; like nothing is wrong, and nothing ever will be. For the first time in a long time, Aubrey is happy, truly and indefinitely happy.
It becomes obvious that Jace and Aubrey's love for each other is growing stronger, but not every young love is made to last. When Aubrey finds out exactly what Jace Lendon is, will they come closer together, or will he, literally, rip her and everything he believed to be true, apart?
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
*****
Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]