Isabelle never meant to fall in love. She moved across the country to outrun the chaos of her childhood - an alcoholic father, a fractured home, and the suffocating guilt of wanting more. Seattle was supposed to be her fresh start. Long shifts at the hospital. Quiet nights in her tiny apartment. A life built carefully, safely. Then she met her. Vivian. Older. Controlled. Dangerous in a way that didn't need to announce itself. Vivian is everything Isabelle should avoid - tied to a world of violence, loyalty, and secrets that don't survive in daylight. A woman with blood on her hands and walls built too high to climb. But Isabelle has always had soft hands. And Vivian has never known mercy.