The Fragility Of Lei'ah Loane
After spending years isolated from the outside world, twenty-one-year-old Lei'ah Loane escapes the only life she's ever known and is forced to learn how to exist in a world that feels both beautiful and terrifying. As she begins rebuilding her life under the care of social worker Josiah Fatu and the community at Rising Sun, she discovers that freedom isn't just about leaving a locked house-it's about learning to trust, to choose, and to believe she deserves to be loved. But when growing feelings for Josiah collide with her friendship with his best friend, Malachi, old fears of abandonment and new questions about identity, intimacy, and belonging threaten to unravel the fragile life she's only just begun to build. In a story about trauma, grief, and healing, Lei'ah must decide whether she can stop merely surviving long enough to finally live.