14 parts Ongoing Seventeen-year-old Isadora Hart had learned to survive. Three years ago, a car crash took her mother's life, and Isadora hasn't stepped into a moving vehicle since. Left to care for her little sister, Elizabeth, while their father drowned himself in alcohol and anger, Isadora bore the weight of responsibility in silence. At her new school, she did what she always did-kept her head down, avoided questions, and hid the bruises that told stories she didn't want anyone to hear.
Then she met Nathaniel Hayes. Feared and untouchable, Nathaniel wasn't the kind of person anyone approached, and he made sure it stayed that way. When their paths crossed, there was this unexplained tension with cold stares and sharp edges. But Nathaniel couldn't ignore the bruises she tried to hide or the way her haunted eyes lingered in his mind.
Isadora didn't trust him, and Nathaniel didn't understand why he cared. They pushed each other away even as some unspoken pull kept drawing them back. In a world of shadows, neither of them could admit they were searching for light-but maybe, without realizing it, they had found it in each other.