Strings of Fate (Part-1)

Madeline Collins never believed in fate-only in deadlines, iced coffee, and escaping the suffocating control of her parents. New York City was supposed to be her fresh start, a place where no one could tell her who to be.

Then she met Jason Herbert, the annoyingly cheerful new neighbor with emerald-green eyes, a paint-splattered hoodie, and a past he never talked about.
She called him impossible. He called her home.
Against all odds, they built something fragile and real-two lonely hearts learning how to breathe again.

But just when life finally felt safe, shadows from Jason's past reappeared... and this time, they weren't stopping at him.
A threat neither of them saw coming shatters everything they thought they had.

Because fate has strings-and sometimes, they pull tight.