the cut that always bleeds, HIGH POTENTIAL

"the lie between your teeth,
the cut that always bleeds."

{book two to coincidence...}

allegra carmichael is not supposed to survive this.

book two is a hospital bed, a heart that won't shut up, and karadec standing too close for too long. allegra is bleeding out in ways doctors can't fix. the anger is gone. what's left is grief, love, and the terrifying realization that someone sees her anyway. old wounds reopen. new ones form. every almost-touch feels deliberate.

this is what happens when you survive the worst thing of your life and still don't get peace.

[2026]
[fem oc x high potential]