Blaine Shangie Tornluevo has always felt imprisoned--by expectations, by responsibility, by the silent weight of being the eldest daughter and the model student everyone looks up to. Everywhere she goes, she feels watched. Measured. Judged. And it is exhausting. She has long been labeled the gifted child. The top of her class. The brightest star in the room. But beneath the polished image is a girl who feels nothing like the title she wears. All she has ever wanted is something simple. To live peacefully, without the constant fear of disappointing others, without the pressure of being "perfect." So she runs. She chooses distance over duty. Silence over explanation. Freedom over the life she was told she should want. After all... who would want to read a story that was never spoken in the first place?

Isabelle Gracianna Fernandez has always believed in soulmates. Fairy tales. Love that heals the hollow parts. She thought the right person would come--someone who'd pull her out of the emptiness she couldn't name. She has everything a girl could ask for: a home, a loving family, comfort, stability. But inside, something aches. Something feels... missing. And she hates herself for feeling that way. So she chased love, thinking it would fix her. But every relationship only deepened the void. What if the emptiness isn't meant to be filled by someone else?