Shadestorm
Nightshade Rose Summers is seventeen years old, and she has never been in a romantic relationship in her life. She's always told herself that school comes first-no distractions, no messy feelings.
Graduation is only two months away, and she's determined to walk across that stage with her future wide open.
Her best friend, Marina "Mari" Miller, is the same way. No dating, no drama.
Just years of friendship, late-night conversations, shared laughter, and the kind of understanding that only the two of them seem to have.
Both girls grew up in the small Texas town of Roseheart, and they attend Lonestar Rose Prep together. Everyone around them has always assumed they're just best friends. And that's exactly what they've always said, too.
But lately, something feels different.
Mari has started noticing the little things-how Nightshade blushes when their hands brush together, how she laughs a little too hard at Mari's jokes, how she always checks in when Mari insists she's "fine."
.
The quiet moments between them feel heavier now, filled with words neither of them has quite figured out how to say.
After years of circling around feelings they never dared to name, one late evening together changes everything. A confession slips out-honest, terrifying, and impossibly freeing.
What began as friendship slowly unfolds into something deeper, warmer, and far more beautiful than either of them expected.
In the quiet corners of Roseheart, two girls discover that the person who has always understood them best... might also be the one they're meant to love.