Verona Baker spent her early adolescence recovering from psychiatric trauma after ruthless classmate Talia made her school life a waking nightmare. The only bright light in Verona's recovery was Brennan, the protective classmate who defended her through senior year and eventually became the partner she trusted with every fragile corner of her heart.
That fragile security turns to ash outside a dormitory courtyard when Verona overhears Brennan laughing behind drawn blinds. Gazing upward into the warm room, she listens in horror as Brennan acknowledges Talia's past cruelty yet willingly takes her to bed. Refusing to succumb to old despair, Verona resolves to strip both traitors of their social standing.
