StoniAfterDark
Kaliyah has spent most of her life hiding pieces of herself the world was never meant to see.
On the surface, she's strong, loyal, and fiercely protective of the small circle she calls family. But beneath that strength is a past she refuses to speak about-one built on survival, secrets, and choices that can never be undone.
Then she meets Domani.
Domani knows better than to fall in love. Raised by a man who showed him exactly what a broken relationship looks like, he's spent years making sure he never becomes the same kind of man his father was. But something about Kaliyah makes the walls he built around himself start to crack.
Terrified of what loving her might turn him into, Domani does the only thing he knows how to do.
He pushes her away.
But the past has a way of catching up to you... and some secrets refuse to stay buried.