The Canary Never Sang Again
Keigo Takami was everything the Public Hero Safety Commission wanted him to be: obedient, lethal, and useful.
Then he met Lyra Hoshino.
They were young, reckless enough to get attached, and inseparable before either of them fully understood what that meant. For a little while, she was the only thing in his life that felt real. Not training. Not orders. Not the future they were forcing onto him.
The Commission noticed.
And they did not approve.
Not long after, Lyra was declared dead. No body. No answers. Just another loss Keigo was expected to accept without question. So he did what he had always been trained to do-he buried the pain, locked away the part of himself that still loved her, and became exactly what they needed.
By twenty-two, Hawks is the Number 3 Pro Hero, walking a dangerous line as he goes undercover inside the League of Villains.
And then he sees her.
Lyra.
Alive.
Not a memory. Not a hallucination. A ghost made flesh, standing among villains after years of silence.
But the girl he loved is gone, replaced by someone sharper, colder, and full of secrets she refuses to share. And with the Commission watching his every move, Keigo is forced to ask himself one terrifying question:
What really happened to Lyra Hoshino?
Because if the Commission lied about her death, then that was only the beginning.
And if they find out she's still alive, they may finish what they started.