Resonant

SEQUEL - CANNOT BE READ AS A STANDALONE

Three years ago, he vanished - no goodbye, no explanation. Just silence.

Now seventeen, Cecelia Bonetti has learned to live with that silence. She's grown into her strength, anchored by the fierce love of her brothers and the pieces of herself she's slowly put back together.

But then - on the first day of senior year - he walks in.

Zaiden Black.

Only this isn't the boy she once knew. This is someone else entirely.
Six-foot-four. Broad. Scarred. His eyes are colder now, carved from something darker. His presence is unignorable, yet he pretends she doesn't exist.

He vowed to keep his distance. To stay cold. Unreachable.
But Cecelia was never just a memory. And the more he tries to turn away, the more something fierce and protective stirs beneath the armor he's built.

He thought walking away would be the hardest part.
He was wrong.