The sound between beats

A heart surgeon who doesn't believe in attachment.
A patient who refuses to beg for more time.
Dr. Yara Kade has built her life on precision, distance, and control. Hearts are something she fixes not something she risks.
Nox Vale is running out of time, and she knows it. When she refuses a lifesaving transplant, she becomes the one patient Dr yara can't dismiss, can't forget, and can't afford to want.
What begins as a professional boundary turns into a slow, dangerous pull - one charged glance, one late-night conversation, one heartbeat too close at a time.
This is a story about desire that waits, love that costs, and the space between one heartbeat and the next.