Pain comes in several ways, there are physical, mental and emotional.
In physical pain, you can have scars to keep you reminded of what you went through. It shows everyone how strong you are, how much you can take.
In mental pain, there's no scar, there is just the trauma and the after effects of the incidents, no one knows how deep the damage is.
In emotional pain, it numbs you, it stops you from feeling anything anymore, no love, no hate, nothing. Just numbness.
That's what I love about myself, that my scars are deep, never visible. I welcome the numbness that they caused me. It makes me feel immune to all the pain in the world.
That makes me feel stronger. Being Cold is better than being Broken.
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?
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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.
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