Cairus Music was the only thing that ever listened back. Every note I played held control, precision-something my life never gave me after my parents were taken in a mafia raid. I built myself from silence into perfection, a name people respected, a sound they couldn't forget. But at this university, something feels wrong. Eyes linger too long. Footsteps echo when no one's there. The past I buried is breathing down my neck. And then there's Vance. Loud where I'm quiet. Reckless where I'm controlled. Dangerous in ways I can't read. He watches me like he already knows something I don't. Like I'm part of a rhythm I never chose. I don't trust him. But somehow, I can't ignore him either. Vance I don't fail. I just don't care-about classes, rules, or anything this place pretends matters. But I need Adrian to pass, so I play along. Show up. Pretend. Then I hear him. Caius. Every note he plays feels too perfect, too controlled-like he's hiding something under all that precision. And I know secrets when I see them. I've lived in them. He thinks he's untouchable. Untamed. He's wrong. Because I see the cracks-the way he looks over his shoulder, the tension in his hands. Someone's already hunting him. And the worst part? I don't know if I want to protect him... or be the one who breaks him.

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── 𝘉𝘖𝘉 𝘙𝘌𝘠𝘕𝘖𝘓𝘋𝘚 𝘟 𝐺𝐸𝑁𝐷𝐸𝑅 𝑁𝐸𝑈𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐿 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘋𝘌𝘙 𝘟 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘝𝘖𝘐𝘋 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘙𝘠. 𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙆/𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙎𝙄𝘾𝙆 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙎 ᵎᵎ Following your resignation from the position as leading clinical psychologist for the CIA, you'd thought that maybe, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, you'd have a moment to unwind. Bless your soul. Because a call from Valentina says otherwise. 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, the man that all but swallowed New York into an abyss of darkness and mental torture needs professional help ⎯ plus a friend to boot. Accepting the offer had, undoubtedly, been your first mistake. Falling in love with him? A close second. You'll come to find that sweet ol' Bob isn't just 𝘉𝘰𝘣. Not by a landslide. He's a package deal of three. And somewhere along the way, you find yourself collecting them all. But hasn't anyone ever told you not to feed strays? They come back. Again, and again. Because strays seek attention and warmth. Strays yearn for kindness and care. Strays will bite, attack, 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 their territory when they think that comfort's being threatened. Just know Bob's canines will sink in bone deep, because once you let him in⎯ letting you go was never an option.

❝ Things are only as beautiful as you make them, Charlie. Including murder. ❞ It's the opening night of Burton Abbey's production of Romeo and Juliet and all is going smoothly - that is until the climactic death scene. Romeo takes a big gulp of the poison to be with his lover, except it really is poison and Elijah, who plays Romeo, is now dead. Charlie Monet, in charge of props, is the first suspect but soon the suspicion around her turns to worry as it seems she's the next target. Khaleel Rahim, an aspiring writer, is dying for a mystery to solve at his new school. When he sees Charlie sneaking around at night he thinks he's finally found something worth writing about. After discovering Charlie's ability to see visions of the past, Khaleel decides that they're the perfect pair to solve the mystery. With threatening notes, a quiet library and poison disguised as props; somebody in the school is blurring the lines between theatre and reality and the fast friends are about to discover that there's more to boarding school than just silly rumours. [2022 Watty's Shortlist]