HIS SECRET BUTTERFLY

At fifteen, vivi [vivienne] is a master of disguise.

she flirts, laughs, and charms her way through the halls to drown out the silence of her broken home. She has everyone in the palm of her hand-except for the one man who refuses to look at her.

**Mr. Alister Thorn** is the school's newest enigma: cold, brilliant, and completely untouchable.

To the rest of the world, he's just a teacher. To Elara, he's a challenge she refuses to lose. For two years, she pesters him, chasing a reaction he won't give, until the day he suddenly vanishes without a word.

**The game is far from over.**

When their paths finally cross again, the classroom is a distant memory and the rules have completely changed. Elara is no longer the girl seeking a teacher's approval, and Julian is no longer bound by a desk and a chalkboard.

In a world where the power dynamic has shifted, they are forced to confront a tension that never truly died. But Julian is guarding more than just his heart, and Elara is about to find out that some secrets are more dangerous than the feelings she spent years trying to ignite.

"He was the storm she wanted to be caught in. She was the secret he couldn't afford to keep."