Unreleased

She came to school to disappear.

At nineteen, she's just another girl in oversized hoodies, keeping her head down and her secrets closer. No one here knows that her voice fills arenas. That her name trends worldwide. That under the stage lights, she becomes someone untouchable.

Here, she just wants to be normal.

He doesn't know why he keeps noticing her.

There's something about the way she moves, like she's used to being watched, even when she pretends not to be. She's guarded. Careful. Almost afraid of being seen.

He sees her anyway.

But secrets have weight. Fame has shadows. And the closer she gets to normalcy, the harder it becomes to keep the two worlds from colliding.

And if the truth comes out, they won't just lose their anonymity.

They might lose the only place they've ever felt safe.