AUTHOR'S POVFLASHBACK:Seven years ago. Eugene, Oregon.The rain never stopped. The sky hung low and gray, matching the oppressive, damp smell of the high school cafeteria. The linoleum floors were slick with tracked-in mud and spilled milk.Her name was Sarah. She was fifteen years old, carrying thirty extra pounds of baby fat she couldn't shed. Her skin broke out in painful, red cystic acne across her cheeks and forehead. Her hair was a frizzy, untamable mess that refused to lie flat, no matter how much cheap drugstore product she used. She wore oversized, faded hoodies, desperately trying to shrink into the background, praying to be invisible.But Athena Cole never let her be invisible.Athena was a hurricane of teenage rage. Dealing with a ruthless, demanding father who forced her into competitive hockey, Athena took her anger out on the easiest target in the room. She wore dark eyeliner, combat boots, and carried a mean, sharp cruelty that earned her a vicious group of followers
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