A family that looks perfect. A birthday that ends with blood. A brother who smiles like a hero... And a secret that could destroy everything. Emerald Blackwood always believed her family was strong and kind. But after her fifteenth birthday, everything begins to unravel. A slip of blood, a change in tone, and the echo of footsteps that shouldn't be there. At school, envy begins to bloom in dangerous places. At home, love starts to look like lies. And deep down, Emerald knows - her family's happiness has a crack. A crack that might've always been there. How far will you go to protect the people you love, when the people you love are the ones hiding the darkest truth?