Dreaviae
For Serene, suffering wasn't something to escape-it was a rhythm she had learned to move to long before she understood it. Life didn't give her lessons; it shoved her into them, relentless and unkind. She grew skilled at bearing what wasn't hers, at walking through the world quietly, with a resilience shaped by silence. What she called courage was really just repetition-endurance worn like armor. She thought she had endured everything. But life had more waiting for her.
Then Easton Sebastian Rincoln entered her life-calm, steady, and quietly present. He didn't bring answers or try to fix her, but somehow, just being around him made the world feel less heavy. He didn't demand anything from her, yet his presence alone made her feel safe enough to breathe. For the first time, she wondered: was pain really all she had to carry? Or could he be the one to show her that some burdens are meant to be shared?
What We Could Have Been (iSkolar series #1)