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Torn by secrets

Torn by secrets

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At Crestwood High, Ivy Collins has always kept a low profile-until a viral anonymous text shakes the entire school. The message reveals a dark secret from her past: her connection to a mysterious accident that left a fellow student in a coma two years ago. Suddenly, Ivy finds herself caught between two boys with secrets of their own. Noah Bennett, her childhood best friend turned popular soccer captain, stands by her side, but Ivy senses he's hiding something-like he knows more about that night than he lets on. Then there's Asher Cruz, the brooding new student with a dangerous reputation. He seems to know the truth about her past too, but instead of exposing her, he starts to protect her, sparking a twisted connection Ivy can't explain. As more cryptic messages flood the school, threatening to expose deeper truths, Ivy realizes someone is playing a dangerous game. The clues all point back to the night of the accident-where both Noah and Asher were present. Trust begins to fracture as both boys seem to be holding pieces of the puzzle, but neither will tell Ivy the whole truth. When a student goes missing and a final message dares Ivy to uncover the truth before it's too late, she's forced to dig deeper-only to discover that someone she trusted most has been lying from the very beginning.

Chapter 1 The return

The air felt heavier than Ivy Collins remembered. Fog rolled over the quiet streets of Ravenshade, clinging to the edges of Crestwood Academy like it had a pulse of its own. She gripped the strap of her backpack tighter, heart hammering as the wrought-iron gates loomed ahead, their black steel twisting into the shape of ravens mid-flight.

It had been two years. Two years since she left this place behind-since the accident.

Now, the school looked the same, but something felt... off. The whispers started before she even made it past the stone archway. Heads turned, eyes tracked her movements. Some curious. Others harsh. As if they knew. As if they remembered.

Ivy kept her gaze forward, pulse quickening as she climbed the steps toward the main building. The glass-paneled doors reflected her pale face, the brown curls she'd carefully braided still coming loose in the damp air. She thought she could do this. Walk back in unnoticed. Maybe the past wouldn't catch up.

But it already had.

The first sign was the slip of paper waiting inside her locker.

It fluttered out the moment she opened the door. Ivy's stomach twisted as she bent to pick it up. The note was scrawled in jagged handwriting, the words pressing too deep into the page.

"Welcome back, Ivy. Ready to face your secrets?"

A chill scraped down her spine. She crushed the note in her palm and glanced around. No one was paying attention-or so it seemed. Except for one person.

Noah Bennett.

He stood across the hall, his familiar green eyes meeting hers through the crowd. For a moment, the world quieted. She remembered him the way he used to be-soft smiles, summer bike rides, their secret spot at the cliffside overlook.

But now? His gaze wasn't soft. It was cautious. Guarded. And he didn't move toward her. He just... watched.

The bell shattered the tension, echoing through the hall.

Ivy forced herself to move, but every step felt heavier. She was imagining it. She had to be. No one really knew what happened that night. No one knew the truth.

At least, that's what she told herself.

Until the second message appeared.

On her phone.

Buzz.

A new text.

Unknown Number: You shouldn't have come back.

And this time, she was sure of it-someone wanted her gone.

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