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For thirteen years, Y/N has known only the walls of the ‘Haven for Troubled Youth’, an orphanage where obedience is survival and individuality is treated as sin. Alongside her found family, Milo, Hazel and Kiara, she endures starvation, psychological interrogations and a doctrine that demands absolute submission. Everything changes when a new resident arrives. River refuses to accept the orphanage’s rules, openly challenging the staff in ways no one else has ever dared. His rebellion awakens something long buried within the others: hope. As the five of them grow closer, they begin uncovering the institution’s darkest secrets while secretly planning the impossible, an escape. But Haven for Troubled Youth was built to keep people in. With Matron Elara tightening her grip, Askara’s obsession with Y/N growing more dangerous, and every mistake risking exposure in the interrogation wing, freedom comes at a devastating cost. As love blooms between River and Y/N, and Hazel and Kiara fight to keep their forbidden relationship hidden, the group must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice for a life they’ve never truly had. Some prisons are built from stone. Others are built from