A TRACE BETWEEN US.

🌙 "Some things don't stay buried. Feelings. Secrets. Or bodies."

Clara Nightwell never planned to fall for her ex. Especially not after they'd already broken up, years ago. Especially not after she'd never loved him to begin with. But thought to give it a try.

Working at a top video game company, Clara's life is creatively chaotic and emotionally guarded. With a background in psychology and a forgotten dream of becoming a detective, she's used to reading people-but not feeling much herself. Until Sophia, her old school friend, returns back to the city. Until an unexpected reunion. Until him.

Kai Reynard. Her quiet, sharp-eyed ex. The one who loved her more than she ever could. Now back in the city... as a detective.

When a brutal murder shakes the colony-a second one in just weeks-Clara is drawn into a chilling mystery that mirrors the very games she helps design. With eerily similar patterns, it's clear: a serial killer is at work. And someone might be watching her.

As Clara and Kai cross paths again, buried emotions rise. But so do the bodies. She never meant to fall for him. Not again. Not like this.
Not when every clue might lead right back to the people she thought she knew.