Meet Aurora Knight and Laurel Jennings. Best friends since birth. Kept from the public ear, these two girls are royalty. Two separate families, of two separate countries, banded together for better protection towards their people. Both are keen in the art of martial arts, can operate weapons of mass destruction, and live for their shared passions of ballet. Did I mention they're apart of a precise, state of the art agency? No? These two are in a specialized group called Network Seven, which I'm not even allowed to tell you about.
Meet Andrew Toby. He's your all-around-good guy. Andrew makes it a habit to donate to several charities, that assist several different causes. And of course, he loves to drive fast cars, eat pizza, and get called for so many movies, he can't decide which one to choose. (Yeah, he's a bit more than your average movie star.) Newly equipped with an alias, makeover, and fashion sense, he's just trying to fit in at southern California's finest school of the trade: Queensland Academy. Although movies, pizza, and fast cars aren't the best way to describe Andrew Toby; he's pretty good at hiding things too, and his big secret is about to follow him all the way from New York City.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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