Mistress_Magic
One year.
That was all that stood between Aria and the life she had fought so hard to earn. After surviving a childhood defined by abuse and silence, being adopted was her second chance. Now, she's the quiet girl in the back of the room-stunningly beautiful, yet determined to remain invisible. She has a family that loves her and a boyfriend who looks at her like she's the only star in his sky.
She was finally safe.
Then the first scream echoed through the school hallway.
As the world outside descends into a mindless, blood-soaked nightmare, the people around her do the one thing she can't afford to do: they panic. But Aria doesn't freeze. She's been in survival mode since the day she was born. To the rest of the world, this is the apocalypse. To her, it's just another Tuesday.
With an orphan boyfriend who refuses to let her go and a family trapped on the other side of a crumbling city, Aria must step out of the shadows. Her beauty makes her a target, her past makes her a weapon, and her intelligence is the only thing keeping them alive.
In a world where the living are more terrifying than the dead, can love survive the end of everything? Or will the girl who just wanted to be invisible finally be consumed by the dark?