Authors Note

A girl with scars too deep to hide.
A family with secrets too heavy to speak.
A past that refuses to let go.

Ariel Cleo Hale was never meant to survive the life she was given.
But fate has other plans.

Dragged from one nightmare into another, she finds herself in a house filled with strangers who call themselves family.

They say she's safe.
They say she belongs.
But trust isn't built overnight. And love doesn't erase the past.

Especially when not everyone wants her there.

In a world where comfort feels dangerous and kindness feels like a trap, will Ariel finally learn what it means to be saved... or will history repeat itself?