what the eyes forgot

Eli can survive anything-
except the moment he looks someone in the eyes.

Because that's when it hits him:
their pain, their secrets, their entire past...
forced into his mind like a wound reopening.

He's been collapsing under memories that aren't his
for as long as he can remember.

Until Lyra walks into his life.

For the first time ever, Eli looks into someone's eyes
and sees his own future-
a future he shouldn't have,
a future someone clearly doesn't want him to discover.

Now Kazan's quiet streets are no longer safe.
Ram returns.
Names from the past resurface.
Fates start shifting.

And Eli realizes one terrifying truth:

Sometimes the person you're destined for
is the one the world will try the hardest to take away.