Where The Soul Still Bleeds - John Shelby

Birmingham had a way of pulling people back.
No matter how far they ran, how long they stayed gone, the smoke and grit clung to their bones like memory.

When Nora's dad had sent her away to London, her life had changed: she had changed.

She built a life of her own, she learned how to be independent, how to fend for herself.

After five years, she's back in Birmingham, where everything feels different but exactly the same all at once.

Back where it all began, where her soul still bled, back where loyalty was currency and love was a debt that never really got paid.