RED PEN
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Mistake.
That was all it took to ruin Violet Brooks’ life.
She had been an ordinary college girl in Virginia—until one night she drank too much and ended up in a situation she could barely remember.
Weeks later, she found out she was pregnant.
She didn’t know who the father was.
When her parents found out, they didn’t try to understand. There was only anger, disappointment, and words that made home feel unbearable. Violet couldn’t even return to school. The thought of whispers, stares, and silent judgment was too much.
So her parents made a decision for her.
They sent her away.
Violet was forced to leave Virginia and start over in Brooklyn with her aunt, expected to erase everything like it never happened.
She tried.
She kept to herself, applied to a new university, and told herself this was a second chance. After giving birth, she returned to school, determined to rebuild her life quietly.
But Hawthorne University was not what it seemed.
There were rumors about a group called The Red Pen. No one knew who they were. No one had seen their face, but everyone feared them.
It was said that once they wrote your name down… your fate was sealed.
Violet didn’t believe in rumors.
Not until her first day.
That night, she saw something she wasn’t supposed to see.
If she had left earlier… if she had chosen a different path… none of it would have happened.
But she didn’t.
And now, there was no undoing it.
Her fresh start was over before it truly began.
Because Violet Brooks had just made a mistake—
One far worse than the first.
That was all it took to ruin Violet Brooks’ life.
She had been an ordinary college girl in Virginia—until one night she drank too much and ended up in a situation she could barely remember.
Weeks later, she found out she was pregnant.
She didn’t know who the father was.
When her parents found out, they didn’t try to understand. There was only anger, disappointment, and words that made home feel unbearable. Violet couldn’t even return to school. The thought of whispers, stares, and silent judgment was too much.
So her parents made a decision for her.
They sent her away.
Violet was forced to leave Virginia and start over in Brooklyn with her aunt, expected to erase everything like it never happened.
She tried.
She kept to herself, applied to a new university, and told herself this was a second chance. After giving birth, she returned to school, determined to rebuild her life quietly.
But Hawthorne University was not what it seemed.
There were rumors about a group called The Red Pen. No one knew who they were. No one had seen their face, but everyone feared them.
It was said that once they wrote your name down… your fate was sealed.
Violet didn’t believe in rumors.
Not until her first day.
That night, she saw something she wasn’t supposed to see.
If she had left earlier… if she had chosen a different path… none of it would have happened.
But she didn’t.
And now, there was no undoing it.
Her fresh start was over before it truly began.
Because Violet Brooks had just made a mistake—
One far worse than the first.

















































