The Light You Keep

You tell yourself it's nothing.

Just interest.
Just curiosity.
Just a girl you happened to notice in a crowded Brooklyn café.

Her name is Melody.

She's focused, creative, and trying to build something for herself in a city that doesn't slow down for anyone. She's the kind of person who minds her business.

The kind of person who doesn't realize she's being watched.

You don't mean to learn so much about her.

It just happens.

The places she goes.
The people she trusts.
The little habits she doesn't think anyone notices.

It feels harmless.

Until it isn't.

Because one day, you see something you shouldn't.

A message.
A photo.
Proof that someone else has been paying attention too.

And suddenly, this isn't just curiosity anymore.

It's a problem.

Because now you don't know who got there first.

Or who's going to get too close next.

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The Light You Keep is a slow-burning psychological romance about what happens when care becomes control.

Note: contains mature themes and adult scenes. Reader discretion advised.