Kaspian Velasquez has lived his entire life keeping secrets. Family was never a topic of conversation, and if ever brought up, Kaspian was always as vague as he could be, his only source of unadulterated solace being the library. But when Kaspian runs into Rowan Aldrich - an enigmatic classmate studying in the same high school Kaspian goes to - at the same library, he slowly begins to wonder if life was truly meant to be lived in secrecy, or if he could finally accept his own past. - started: june 1st, 2020. completed: august 8th, 2020.

super rich kids but nothing with fake friends, super rich kids with nothing but loose ends. Wealth is something that is desired by people around the world, a concept that fascinates thousands, leaving them unsatisfied with what they have. Some people work for their wealth, and some people are born into it. Caius Bennett was born into it. With the Bennett's being one of the most prestigious families in the state of New York, Caius has never not been on the radar. After his father tarnished the family name when Caius was a child, the amount of pressure on the boy to make his parents proud only became heavier. Which he didn't have a problem with, Caius was the definition of a golden boy. But then he meets Parker Sinclair whilst hiding in his garden during a party, and the two begin a tumultuous relationship that completely changes Caius' life. Some would say Caius is living the American dream. He just wishes he could wake up.

No one knows what happened to the king of Stratford-Ward's Private Academy. His mutilated body is weeks after his disappearance, barely alive, in the cottage basement of his best friend's house. His acid-soaked eyes were impaled by two of the most beautiful livid creations; aconites. The flower of hatred. Every week thereafter, the recovering boy, blinded by a flower, was gifted yet another flower by his terrorizer in the comfort of his own home. How could something as beauteous as a dainty flower become as powerful as a vocal boy's silence?