clairebiggs
For six grueling years, Joey Lynch has existed on the jagged edge of survival, running on the fumes of hunger and the promise of a quiet, chemical oblivion. He is a boy built of scar tissue, a product of the flats where the only thing louder than the sirens is his father's violent hand.
His only sanctuary is the second-story window at the rich end of town, guarded by Juliet Lovelace a girl with terrifyingly green eyes and a heart of reckless gold.
She is his safety, his secret surgeon, and the only reason he hasn't let the darkness swallow him whole.
In the daylight of 2005, they are a study in silence. Joey is the school's phantom, the "viper" who hides Juliet from his own toxic reputation.
She plays the part of the shy rich girl, a fragile creature who hides behind her curls to escape the bullies. But in the humid darkness of her room, she knows him entirely.
She has spent her adolescence cleaning his knuckles and wiping the blood from a face he keeps hidden from the world. She knows every shame and every desperate, frantic kiss he offers as a plea for mercy.
Yet, her quiet love has become a self-made noose. To Joey, being loved by someone so pure is a terrifying weight.
The sickening truth remains: the dirty thrill of the drugs is easier to face than the blinding clarity of her devotion. But before Joey can choose between the needle and the girl, the script is rewritten in blood.
The terror strikes from within the Lovelace mansion when Juliet finds her sister cold and silent-a victim of the very corrosion she tried to keep Joey away from.
Now, Juliet is a shattered ghost, and Joey realizes his salvation arrived too late.
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