Querencia (n.) 1. A place where one feels safe, at home. 2. (Spanish:) to want, to desire, and to love. Charlie has to learn so many things anew. A faithful night in Vienna teaches him gratitude. Sadly, it also teaches him trust, trust for a boy. He should know better. In a span of twenty-four hours, after all, all of Charlie's senses become him, the stranger he met on the train. He sees him, sees the outlines of his face and body in the moonlight. He feels him, feels the heat of his presence. He hears him, hears him breathe as his breath shallows and evens. He believes he can taste that breath. And he smells him. The most powerful sense, the scent. It is entirely encompassed by this tantalising boy and it shapes a memory in his head, the memory of this stranger being there where he was most alone, of him giving Charlie a piece of his mind, a chance at new beginnings, of the stranger giving him a presence beside him. He should know better. He's in love. He can't know better. ___________________________ -ACHIEVEMENTS- 1. Won 2nd place in 'The Baker's Choice Awards 2024' (Romance) 2. Best prologue- 'The Digital Afterlife Awards 2025'

In the blink of an eye, Sadie Richard's world is shattered into 1 million pieces, like a broken mirror. A brutal kidnapping leaves her with a fractured memories and a life-altering injury. As she navigates the labyrinth of her recovery and the trial, she finds an unexpected ally in Eric Montgomery, a seasoned lawyer with a soft spot for her case. But as the trial unfolds, so do the layers of their relationship, revealing hidden motives and questionable loyalties. What truly happened is on the edge of Sadie's memory, but can Eric fit all the pieces together before it's too late?