Westbound Elegy

Arkansas, 1985. Nineteen‑year‑old Raven Knox has spent her life in the shadow of her father's war-a man drafted at eighteen, returned from Vietnam broken, and left to haunt their small town with silence, rage, and whiskey. Her mother, Gracie, is gone. With Fletcher Bennett, she sees a way out: a westbound road, a new life, a chance at love beyond the neon and dust.

But the road is not kind. What begins as an escape unravels into danger, betrayal, and the haunting weight of the past. As Raven and Fletcher push farther from Briarfield, every mile threatens to undo them, and freedom may cost more than either imagined.