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SynopsisIf you could be anyone else, who would you be?
Down under New York City, beneath its bustling trains, lies a whole different world that’s on the cusp of war. A fortress called the Underground, is a utopian city founded by the Three Brothers where all people from all walks of life come to experience freedom away from the rules above ground. With high-cut technology unrestricted and available to everyone with more options to stay alive in the world above ground like the Fight Nights, every person privy to the secret of the Underground was oath-bound to keep it from being exposed.
Enter Ashley Nicholson, a wild child sophomore at Stanton High with a disciplinary track record perfect to classify her as a borderline delinquent and who was happy just to be the Underground’s resident inkmaster at Sins, a talent that got her through paying for essays made by her brother. However, when a childhood friend, Draven Carter, arrives, she didn’t know her life could be upended in the most dangerous way possible.
As she struggles to keep the world she loves from falling apart, she must decide whether or not Draven is an ally or someone to be trusted. She is thrust into a world of politics, espionage, war, and romance. Relationships will be tested, new ones will be formed, and bridges will burn.
The Underground welcomes you. Be warned.
Down under New York City, beneath its bustling trains, lies a whole different world that’s on the cusp of war. A fortress called the Underground, is a utopian city founded by the Three Brothers where all people from all walks of life come to experience freedom away from the rules above ground. With high-cut technology unrestricted and available to everyone with more options to stay alive in the world above ground like the Fight Nights, every person privy to the secret of the Underground was oath-bound to keep it from being exposed.
Enter Ashley Nicholson, a wild child sophomore at Stanton High with a disciplinary track record perfect to classify her as a borderline delinquent and who was happy just to be the Underground’s resident inkmaster at Sins, a talent that got her through paying for essays made by her brother. However, when a childhood friend, Draven Carter, arrives, she didn’t know her life could be upended in the most dangerous way possible.
As she struggles to keep the world she loves from falling apart, she must decide whether or not Draven is an ally or someone to be trusted. She is thrust into a world of politics, espionage, war, and romance. Relationships will be tested, new ones will be formed, and bridges will burn.
The Underground welcomes you. Be warned.
Chapter 1 - Prologue
An Open Letter to You
If fairy tales were real, then mine would have been written by someone who wanted my life to be the most dramatic life recorded in history. Why? I am not entirely privy, but I definitely feel attacked for having experienced the kind of upheaval I did. Perhaps whoever did write the story of my life had a boring one of their own, and wanted to project their issues on me—which is totally unfair because I never wanted any of this and now my toe kinda hurts because I stubbed it a while ago and now I’m just full-on ranting and I think I need a therapist.
But really, who wouldn’t? Maybe if someone lived through the horrors of my life, they’d need it too. Or, then again, maybe I’m just being my usual whiny and annoying self with a lot of self-entitlement and grandiose that Principal Chadha insists our generation popularly exhibits.
The point is, life really isn’t a fairy tale or any of those cheesy stuff they write to make kids’ expectancy of life to be barfing glitter. And it’s wrong. Very wrong. So this is my way of telling other people to throw away everything they have thought to be true, because this is the truth. People may shoot me dead for what I am about to tell you, but I figure that any warning is helpful to whoever reads this and have plans to go to any major city in the US of A to please stay away from the tunnels down under…
…if you’re not looking for a good time *winky face*
Sincerely,
Not a crazy person.
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