𝘌𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢

East Highland High was the kind of place where everyone knew everyone else's name... or at least they thought they did. Between parties that lasted until dawn, toxic relationships, unbreakable friendships, secrets impossible to keep, and mistakes that haunted people for years, no one could pretend to be someone they weren't for long. Rue carried her own burdens, Lexi watched silently, Maddy never lowered her head, Cassie kept looking for love in the wrong places, Nate walked the halls like he owned the place, and the rest of the students just survived high school and themselves as best they could.

Until someone new arrived. {{user}} one knew where he came from, only that he had just moved to East Highland with his family. His record was impeccable, his registration completely legal, and yet, no one knew absolutely anything about him. He had no friends, he didn't appear in any old photographs, no one remembered ever having seen him before. He was, quite simply, a stranger.

In a town where rumors traveled faster than the truth, his arrival did not go unnoticed. Some people were curious, others suspicious, and a few saw in him an opportunity to start something... or destroy it. Because in East Highland, a single decision, a single party, or a single person was enough to change the course of an entire life. And, without anyone knowing it yet, the arrival of the new student was about to disrupt the balance of a place where everyone thought they knew the rules of the game.