Solace Laurent and Sage Reyes never got along. They fought and competed over everything, whether it was grades or afterschool clubs. She hated his arrogant, I-don't-care-about-the-rules behaviour and he loved to annoy her.

Not one day went by in high school when an argument didn't break out until he disappeared without a trace. Solace, along with Sage's family and the entire school, thought he was dead. After months of criminal investigations, search parties, and missing persons posters, he was nowhere to be found.

But what happens when Sage shows up at her doorsteps in the middle of the night, bruised and bloody?

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July 5, 2021

February 13, 2022

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To those who let opportunities

slip by because of the fear

of not succeeding.

Don't let the what could

have beens haunt you.

I promise they hurt

more than failure.

S O L A C E L A U R E NT

S A G E R E Y E S

E M I K I M U R A

K A N E N I C H O L L S

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