(Multi POV) Freya keeps the world at arm's length-detached, guarded, and lost in shadows she can't escape. Haunted by a past that cuts deeper than anyone sees, she drifts through life like a ghost, clinging to the few things she still trusts. Knox wears his anger like armor-walls built high, an 'I don't give a fuck' attitude hiding the storm beneath. His past is violent, his pain raw, and distance is his only defense in a world that never gave him a chance. When their paths cross, something shifts. There's a pull-strange, intense, and hauntingly familiar. But the truth behind it lies buried in silence, in memories too painful to face. In a world where trust is fragile and survival feels like war, Freya and Knox will have to confront their demons-alone, and together-if they want any chance at something more than just surviving.