Pupils

When Iris's fractured marriage ends in a devastating accident, she slips into unconsciousness-leaving behind a daughter, a friend, and a silence that threatens to consume them all. In her absence, Edwards steps in. A bounty hunter with a quiet past and a heart too heavy to carry alone, he becomes the unlikely guardian of a girl who sees more than she should.

As dreams begin to blur with reality, and shadows whisper truths no one dares to speak aloud, each character must confront the ghosts they've buried. From hospital corridors to broken homes, from whispered lullabies to the cry of a wounded mockingbird, Pupils is a haunting meditation on grief, memory, and the fragile threads that bind us.

Lyrical, raw, and emotionally unflinching, InkInTheMist's second novel invites readers into a world where healing is never linear, and love, in all its forms, is both the wound and the cure.