Maud had a lot to achieve and a lot of people to disappoint. She was working hard as Medical student, until she just couldn't bear it anymore, so she gave up. Leaving university behind, she focused on getting money: she sang, she dance and, above it all, she saved; all for the reason that she wanted to pay someone to find anything foul about her older sister's soon-to-be-husband, a man too old for her and two of her friends that went missing far too many years ago.
And she finds someone who knows all the secrets of Kerch. Kaz Brekker - though she knows him by another name. Kaz Rietveld, her childhood friend, the one she was looking for.
And she just can't understand how that boy she knew became the monster he says he is.
It looks like Jesper's luck has finally run out. He seems to be owing a lot of people a lot of money, and unfortunately for him, the Dregs don't seem to be paying enough to fuel his addiction. There's only one person in Ketterdam more desperate than him: Jan Van Eck. Apparently he's been looking for a new music teacher for his precious son. It's an easy second job that Jesper manages to con himself into. The only problem: Jesper can't play shit. And his new student, Wylan Van Eck, catches on. But Wylan promises to keep his secret for something in return. Will this new double life Jesper's now leading get him out of the frying pan or just toss him into the fire?
((Also posted in AO3 under my alias bazberkker))
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