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Devin Duvet isn't looking for a new beginning-he's just trying to survive. After a string of legal trouble forces him out of the city, Devin is sent to a sleepy Massachusetts town where the quiet is suffocating and the past refuses to loosen its grip. Uprooted mid-semester and dropped into the heart of a town that barely knows his name, Devin carries more than just a suitcase-he brings silence, trauma, and the scars of a life interrupted.
He isn't looking for redemption-he barely believes in it-but what he finds instead is a boy with wary eyes and a heart too big for this town. Haunted by sleepless nights, a voice that rarely softens, and eyes that say too much, Devin navigates the awkward terrain of new hallways and forced introductions. But when an overly enthusiastic classmate and an inexplicably open heart throws him a lifeline-and a sly, quiet boy named Gage seems to see right through his defenses-Devin finds himself pulled toward connection, even as he's bracing for abandonment.
As their connection deepens, so does the weight of everything stacked against them-secrets, scars, and the slow unraveling of trust. Love, it turns out, can be tender or violent, forgiving or cruel. It can feel like salvation... or punishment. In a place where reinvention is survival, Devin will have to decide if love is something to run from-or fight for.