Kaden was a fighter, and not only mentally, she was physically. She fought for her living and was proud of it. Though she came from an average rich house hold Kaden was not a preppy kind of girl that loved shopping and parties. Having not gone to school for a while but only to her friend's gym to become a big time fighter, she balances her life at home with her adoptive family while her step brother doesn't make things better.
Things were as perfect as possible for Kaden until her nightmares began getting out of hand. Not thinking twice about them and just trying to push them out and forget about them, they only make things worse. For waking up in cold sweats, her nightmares began to come to her in the middle of the day and she couldn't take it.
Having almost enough she goes to her close friend for advice but she only finds herself getting deeper in with her dreams that brought her into a world of secrets and lies.
As weird things kept happening to Kaden she did everything she could to be as normal as she could. Though things didn't quite go to her plan.
As time goes on Kaden soon finds out about the girl in her dreams is more connected to her than she thought. Having to try to find out who the girl in her dreams is she finds out more about herself and who she really is. Every new path she goes down she finds herself going down another.
After an incident in her house her brother and her run away to try to become safe. They run but they didn't know the trouble they were going to get caught in.
Figuring out her powers, Kaden gets stronger and finds out secrets in her own life that changed her perspective.
Welcome to a world of magic, lies, secrets, witches, vampires, werewolves, family ties, and pain.
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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