Off Balance (ONC 2026)

She was never afraid of the fall-until the moment no one caught her.
Kiera Lennox Lang has built her life on height, timing, and trust-until a split-second mistake during a rivalry game sends her crashing to the ground. Injured and shaken, she's forced to confront the one fear she's never had to face: what happens when her body can no longer do what it always has.

The last person she expects to be there when it all goes wrong is Jensen Cade Beckett-the rival-school football player who once caught her before she fell, and the same one who carries her off the field when no one else moves.

As Kiera fights her way back to cheer, fear clings harder than pain, and the future she's always counted on feels suddenly fragile. At the same time, Jensen begins to outgrow the reckless reputation that once defined him, haunted by the moment he couldn't stop watching-and couldn't walk away.

Drawn together in the quiet spaces between recovery and regret, they discover that healing isn't about returning to who you were, but choosing who you become.

Because some people don't just pass through your life-they leave footprints that never fade.