When Venus Miller moves to a new school in downtown LA, all she wants is to keep her guitar close and stay under the radar. But then she meets Mason Trueblood-the charismatic, talented musician who makes her world louder, brighter, and more complica...
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Venus Miller
Age: 16 Birthday: July 12 Pronouns: She/Her Song: Bodysnatchers-Radiohead
Venus Miller had always felt like she was out of step with the rhythm of the world around her. Growing up in downtown Los Angeles, life was never quiet—sirens echoing through the streets at night, neighbors arguing in thin-walled apartments, music spilling out of cars that rolled slowly past her block. But in all the noise, Venus found her own sound. She picked up her first electric guitar at twelve years old, an old hand-me-down from her uncle, and from the moment her fingers brushed against the strings, she felt like she had discovered her voice.
Music became her anchor. When her parents worked long hours to keep their little family afloat, and when her younger brother Eli needed someone to watch over him, the guitar was what she turned to. Late at night, with Eli asleep in the bunk above hers, Venus would sit on the floor with her headphones plugged in, practicing riffs and bending strings until her fingertips blistered. By the time she turned sixteen, she was playing with a confidence that made even her shyest notes sound like statements.
Still, the world outside her apartment was harder to navigate. Venus wasn't the type to fit in easily. She wore her hair the way she liked, dressed in ripped jeans and thrifted jackets, and didn't care much for the rules of popularity that seemed to define everyone else's high school years. Friends came and went, but the guitar was the constant. Her little brother Eli was the only one who truly saw her—not as the quiet girl in the corner, but as someone strong, someone who could fight for herself if she needed to.
The summer before junior year, everything shifted. Her dad got a new job that forced the family to move her into a different district. A new school meant a new start, though Venus wasn't sure she wanted one. The first day felt like stepping onto a stage where she didn't know the script. Groups of kids clustered in hallways like they'd known each other forever, and Venus kept her headphones around her neck, clutching her guitar case like a shield.
That was when she first heard about the Trueblood brothers. Mason, the name that seemed to echo louder than the others, was impossible to miss—charismatic, talented, the kind of boy people naturally gravitated toward. His band carried a reputation, and even before Venus saw them play, she knew they weren't just another group of high school kids messing around with instruments. They had something real. Something magnetic.
Venus didn't think much of it at first. She had promised herself she wasn't going to get swept up in anyone else's orbit—her focus was her music, her family, and surviving the chaos of starting over. But Mason wasn't easy to ignore. He had a presence that pulled her attention even when she tried to look away, and though she didn't realize it yet, her life was about to intertwine with his in ways she couldn't have imagined.
For Venus Miller, the girl with the guitar and the heart she kept guarded, this was only the beginning
