Chains

Book One of Wreckfree Series:

Grayson grew up learning that love could hurt you without meaning to.
His father wasn't cruel-just lost inside a mind that turned familiar faces into strangers.
And somehow, Grayson was always the one standing closest when it happened.

So he adapted.
He stayed quiet.
He endured.

Because leaving was never an option... and neither was being saved.

Then there was Kieran.

Before everything fell apart-before the control, before the distance-
Kieran was the one thing in Grayson's life that felt real.
Safe.
Yours.

But love doesn't survive in a house built on fear.

Raised by people who saw him as something to correct, not understand,
Kieran learned how to hide who he was before he ever got the chance to become it.

And when they found out about Grayson-
they tore them apart without hesitation.

No goodbyes.
No closure.
Just silence where something real used to exist.

A year later, they're not the same boys anymore.

Grayson is harder. Quieter. Still carrying things he was never meant to hold.
Kieran is controlled. Guarded. Living a life that was chosen for him.

But some things don't fade-
no matter how much time, distance, or damage stands in the way.

And when they find their way back to each other,
it isn't soft.

It isn't easy.

It's messy.
It's emotional.
It's everything they were forced to bury-

and everything that still refuses to let go.

Because some connections don't break.

They just tighten.

And the longer you fight them...
the harder they pull you back.