How does it feel to be wanted? How does it feel to be owned with no rights over your own life? If you loved someone, the one who loved you would take them away from you.
How does that feel? What would you do?
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Blood rushes back and forth in my head, the loud electric synth beats from yesterday still going off. I turn over to an empty, wrinkled bed. Damn, the blonde babe from last night must've ran. Yet, I realize the place she once occupied, isn't empty. There's a white, red tinged letter taking her place.
" Dearly Beloved,
On this unfaithful morning, I come to you with a letter. My eyes are red and my face is stained, obvious evidence of your betrayal. How could you do this to me? Don't you care how much I love you?
You are mine. Every minute and every second of the day, I own you. I think of you all the time and I thought you were the same but you aren't. You don't love me, anymore. But I don't care.
I will have you again, one day. And I'm never letting you go again.
Yours to Brutalize, ...your Butterfly "
I'd been gripping the paper so hard, I didn't realize I was covering the blood marks...or the locks of golden blonde hair..
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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