Squidnyy
Syd travels to Japan hoping distance will quiet the ache of a past she never fully let go of. She expects long walks, unfamiliar streets, and solitude not the kind of connection that makes time feel suspended.
Then she meets Ren.
He's charming, elusive, and seems to belong more to Kyoto's lantern lit nights than the daylight world. Their connection is immediate and intense, but it comes with unsettling gaps Ren disappears without warning, avoids certain places, and leaves no trace of himself behind. The more Syd reaches for answers, the more reality slips through her fingers.
Her search leads her to an old family home in Gion and to Kaito, a quiet, grounded man who feels strangely familiar. Safe. Real. Drawn to him in ways she can't explain, Syd finds herself caught between what lingers after dark and what waits in the daylight.
But some secrets don't stay buried quietly.
As the truth begins to surface, Syd must confront the past that binds the brothers together, the cost of unfinished love, and the terrifying possibility that the greatest danger isn't the ghost who watches over her....but the living who survived him.
A paranormal romance about unfinished love, hidden truths, and the thin line between comfort and danger.