UNBROKEN (A Cortis Fanfic) Part 2

Some secrets are easier to carry alone.

Leaf has convinced herself of that for a long time.

Every day, she smiles. Every day, she performs. Every day, she tells the people she loves that she's okay.

And every day, she lies.

As the illness she's fought so hard to hide begins to take more from her, the weight of pretending becomes harder to bear. Her members don't know. They can't know. Because if they find out, everything could change.

Only James knows the truth.

But James is barely holding himself together.

With Black Heart becoming an ever-growing threat, he's forced into a battle he never asked for-one that demands more of him with every passing day. Caught between protecting the people he loves and confronting the darkness standing in front of him, James finds himself carrying burdens he was never meant to carry alone.

Together, they stand at the edge of everything they've worked for.

Friendships are tested. Trust is shaken. Hearts are broken.

And when the truth finally comes to light, Leaf and James must face the question they've spent so long avoiding:

How much of yourself can you sacrifice before there's nothing left to save?

Because strength isn't pretending you're unbreakable.

It's surviving when you aren't.