When Shadows Speak

Eighteen-year-old Lilith has never belonged not in her mother's house, not in her own skin. Her mother barely sees her, and her father is a silent shadow no one talks about. The only person who shows her any care is her stepfather, Lucian-gentle, attentive, and seeming to understand her like no one else. He makes her feel seen. Loved.
But as she grows, that love feels more complicated. His kindness leaves a hollow ache and a guilt she can't explain.

Then there's Damion.
Quiet. Intense. Wounded.
Dangerous in ways no one else notices - and maybe even he doesn't fully understand. He sees her, truly sees her, and with him she feels alive for the first time,and terrified of what that means. He's not the kind of man you save. He's the kind you fall with. And when he looks at her pain and refuses to look away, Lilith has no choice but to face the one thing she's feared all along: the truth about Lucian, about herself, and about the shadows she's carried her whole life.

Her best friend Aminah is her lifeline, but even that bond is shifting into something neither can name.
But nothing stays hidden forever. And when the shadows around Lilith finally speak, they threaten to burn away what little love she thought she could trust.

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