The Kid At The Back

In the back of every classroom, there is a shadow. In Clara Moon's, that shadow has a name: Solivan.

Solivan is the boy who doesn't exist. He is the silence in a loud hallway, the figure tucked into the darkest corners of the library, and a ghost who has never uttered a single word. To the rest of the student body, he's a "creep" or a "weirdo"-a living urban legend fueled by his obsession with classic literature and the tragedies of history.

But Clara has always been a little different herself.

Driven by a curiosity she can't quite explain, Clara pushes past the rumors and discovers the artist behind the silence. Beneath the cold exterior is a soul more poetic and gentle than anyone-except perhaps her closest friend, Crowe-has ever given him credit for. As Solivan begins to open the door to his world, he invites Clara into a life filled with ink-stained fingers and hushed secrets.

However, intimacy is a dangerous game when you have something to hide.

While Clara is determined to peel back the layers of Solivan's heart, she is guarded by a secret of her own-one etched into her skin in the form of a faded, jagged scar. A mark that ties her to the moon, the woods, and a wild, predatory instinct she struggles to contain.

He's a boy lost in the past. She's a girl with a beast under her skin. In a world of whispers, some secrets are meant to be shared-and others are meant to howl.