Content Warning: Please be advised that this story explores themes of abuse. If you find these topics distressing, please prioritize your well-being while reading.At seventeen, Violet should be dreaming of her debut. Instead, she's hiding bruises under a heavy jacket in the sweltering heat and repeating Grade 8 for the third time.Trapped in a home where love is replaced by leather belts and drunken rage, Violet spends her days scavenging for coins and her nights locked out in the rain. She is a ghost in her own house, a "worthless" daughter to a father who blames her for being born.When her body finally breaks, she meets kio a boy fighting a different kind of battle within the sterile walls of a hospital. For the first time, Voilet finds a reason to smile. But as her 18th birthday approaches, Violet realizes that some scars run deeper than the skin, and some promises are meant to be broken."You let me live, but you kill me every single day."Warning: Bring tissues. This is a story of "Fragile Strength."