The Chronicles of Payton Clark: Shattered

Nothing could have prepared her for the way her life had shattered. A new country, a new city, her family broken under the weight of the genocide they fled. Payton did not know if she could pick up the pieces of her life ever again. She struggles to cope with the responsibility thrust upon her, trying to pull them out of the slums they were forced to live in. Jarrett had lived in Imeryn for two tense years. Always waiting. Always watching. Knowing that at any moment the tentative safety he had might come crashing down around him. He kept his distance, kept his guard up, protected himself from everyone. So why did this peculiar woman continue to draw his attention? There was nothing special about her. Right?