She recalls strangers more clearly than her own reflection: a girl who writes to anchor herself in a world that keeps slipping away-living in half-light, scripting life in fragments, and surviving on the edge of almost: from the splinters of her fading spark, this is her creation: an ephemeral collection of others, crafted from gazes that held a thousand unspoken truths. There's loneliness woven inside those eyes, but also tender artistry: making meaning from almost nothing. STARTED PUBLISHED: JUNE 11, 2025

Seven bearers of a secret flame. One wanderer with a fractured past. At Eastonhearth Academy, the real mystery isn't what's hiding in the shadows-it's the truth that ties them all together.