Kacie24
Freya Skye learned early that silence was safer than honesty.
Growing up in a house where feelings were ignored and pain was invisible, she became an expert at hiding her scars-both the ones people could see and the ones they couldn't.
Malachi Barton learned something different.
He learned that anger was armor.
That if he was loud enough, strong enough, dangerous enough, no one could hurt him again.
They were never supposed to be close.
He was her best friend's brother.
She was the girl who stayed in the background.
Until one night, everything broke open.
One whispered confession.
One shared memory.
One truth too heavy to carry alone.
From that moment on, Freya and Malachi became each other's safe place.
The only ones who knew the real story.
The only ones who understood the nightmares.
The only ones who could make the darkness quiet.
But love like theirs is dangerous.
It's forbidden.
It's fragile.
And it's powerful enough to destroy everything around them.
When the past comes back for them...
When secrets are exposed...
When the world tries to pull them apart...
Malachi makes one promise:
"If they touch you, they're dead."
And Freya must decide if love is worth the risk of losing the only person who ever truly saw her.
A dark, emotional, slow-burn romance about trauma, trust, and finding home in another broken heart.