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In a dystopian 2025, the entire world runs on slave labor.In the deserts of New North America, we grew up together. I was the banker&8217sdaughter with a future mapped out for me, and he was just the slave boy next door, the one my parents told me not to touch. Told me not to name.But I did. When the world called him a number, I called him Riven.Then the monsoons came. One kiss in our childhood treehouse changed everything. We were found out, and Riven was taken away, sold to the mines &8212meant to toil, meant to be forgotten. Meant to die. Now I&8217min college, miles away from my past, trying to be the girl my parents always expected me to be.I hope he's forgotten me. If he remembers, it's with a grudge.He&8217sback now, not dead, not broken, but burning for revenge.And I'm his target.RIVEN is a 20kword prequel novella to NEVER BROKEN (THE UNCHAINED 1). It can be read as a standalone with no knowledge of the series. It explores what really happened between two secondary characters from the main series &8212and sets them up for the second chance they deserve. Since it is a prequel, it ends on a hopeful note but does not include a happily ever after.This book takes place in a dark dystopian world and contains potentially triggering themes. For a complete list of trigger warnings, visit the author's website.