Sarah, 16, setting: school, revenge: physical and social, tone: dark and suspenseful
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Chapter One
Monday, 7:42 AM – Back to Hell
The first bell hadn't even rung, and already I could feel the stares crawling up my spine.
Same lockers. Same faded posters. Same polished lies hanging from every smiling teacher's face.
But I wasn't the same.
Two months ago, I left this place broken—bones bruised, spirit worse. Two months was all I needed. Time to rebuild. Time to plan. Time to remember that even prey can grow teeth.
He doesn't know I'm back.
Mason.
Everyone sees the charming smile, the letterman jacket, the effortless way he rules the halls. They don't see the bathroom stalls he shoved me into. The bruises. The whispered slurs. The silence that followed, from teachers, from friends, even from myself.
But this year, I brought my voice back.
And it's loaded.
In my backpack is a folder. Inside: screenshots, photos, voice recordings. Evidence. Proof that his kingdom is built on fear—and that it's about to collapse.
Still, evidence alone won't be enough. Not for someone like Mason.
So I signed up for self-defense classes over the summer. I stopped eating lunch in the library and started watching who he hangs out with. Who he flirts with. Who he fears.
I've mapped out every piece of his social web.
Now I just have to pull the right thread.
And when it all falls apart, he won't even know which hit him harder—my fists, or the truth.
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