Ophelia, ostracized even in death, here now she rises, rebirthed from the water and screaming. Here's the burning witch dragging her to the stake, all chainsaw-jawed and chestful of god. Here's a woman with storms under her skin, crawling and hissing "fuck you" like an incantation.

Chaos Theory (2022)

She's not a monster. She's a teenager. Just a girl. Or maybe that's the same thing.

Once a girl made of bone is now a girl whose skin rots with the knowledge of her sins that she so desperately tries to swallow. Her throat aches and burns from the screams nobody can hear. Yes, she used to be a girl. But now she's someone who was pushed away, lost in the darkness, begging for her soul to be saved.

But Tatum Adler's a killer. She has no soul to save.

She spent her whole life breaking the rules enforced on her by the Ark. She caused mayhem and did all of it with a smile. Some would think she had nothing better to do. Most know it's cause her life's a series of mayhem, so why not cause more on her own?

On November 3rd, straight out the womb, Teresa Adler dies in childbirth, her body bloody and a crying baby girl on her unbeating chest. On March 25th, at the age of fourteen, Silas Adler dies from an incurable sickness. His body's floated into solace where he can be with the stars while his daughter grows up on the space ark alone, causing more trouble each day. On May 12th, Tatum meets Riley Evergreen, an older boy with brown hair and dreamy eyes. His repairs her aching heart in a matter of months. They're completely in love.

She's fifteen by the time she realizes something's wrong with their relationship. But Tatum loved him. Riley was the only one for her. He filled the hole in her heart that her father left behind. But in Riley's eyes, she's just a girl. He's above her. Then a tragedy strikes and it's all her fault. But it's not her fault. It's his. It's his! She's fifteen the first time he lays a hand on her. Suddenly, Tatum's no longer just a girl. Her youthfulness turns into rage. Her rage is ugly. Scornful. And it might just get her killed.

On August 10th, 2148, Tatum's arrested for murdering Riley. His blood forever on her skin. His touch forever haunting her, awake and asleep. She's forced to live her life in solitary, nearly driving herself insane. The murder of Riley Evergreen was the talk on the Ark, shocking almost everybody who found out. Tatum Adler's no longer a girl but a monster. Only they had no idea why she did it. Why did she do it?

When you're treated like an animal, like a monster in a cage, you become a monster. Tatum's not a kid anymore. She's not a girl with dead parents and a dead boyfriend. She's a woman scorned with hate and a taste for revenge.

This is where the woman becomes a wolf.

Megan Fox   Tatum Adler

Bob Morley   Bellamy Blake

Jeremy Sumpter   Dominique Kom Trikru

Riley Evergreen † Leo Howard

Bellamy Blake is the ultimate dystopian boyfriend. I had to give him a badass love interest.

Dominic = Tatum and Bellamy's kid. I don't make the rules.

Warning,  this story contains graphic/gory scenes,  sexual themes,  strong language,  mentions of abuse,  mentions of teen pregnancy and miscarriage,  and blood