The Weight of Yesterday

Raven has spent years carrying the weight of a past she never asked for. Losing her mother shattered something deep inside her, and watching her father drown in alcohol only made the pieces harder to put back together. She's learned to keep her walls high and her emotions locked away-because needing people only leads to disappointment.

Then there's Mac. A walking contradiction of lazy smirks and sharp words, the kind of boy who never stays, never promises, and never cares too much. Their friends-with-benefits arrangement was supposed to be easy-no strings, no feelings, no complications. But the more time she spends with him, the harder it gets to pretend she doesn't care.

As her past threatens to pull her under, and Mac starts to feel less like a mistake and more like a maybe, Raven is forced to face the one thing she's spent her whole life running from-herself.

Because the past may shape you, but it doesn't have to define you. And maybe, just maybe, she's strong enough to let go of the weight of yesterday.