Where the music remained ~ Phantom of the Opera

Paris, 1870.
The Palais Garnier is a place of glittering chandeliers, breathtaking performances... and whispered legends.
Among the seamstresses who work quietly behind the curtains is Angelique Moreau, a young woman whose curiosity has always outweighed her caution. When an unexpected encounter leads her into the hidden passages beneath the opera house, she comes face to face with the mysterious figure the company fears most-the Opera Ghost.
Unlike everyone else, Angelique does not see a monster.
She sees a man.
As an unlikely friendship grows in the shadows below the stage, Angelique discovers a brilliant composer, a wounded soul, and a loneliness deeper than the underground lake he calls home. But while she begins to understand the man behind the mask, the world above continues its tragic course. Christine Daaé is drawn ever closer to her destiny, Raoul fights for the woman he loves, and the Phantom's obsession threatens to destroy everything he has built.
Caught between loyalty, compassion, and the truths neither of them wishes to face, Angelique must decide whether kindness alone can change a heart that has spent a lifetime hidden in darkness.
A reimagining of The Phantom of the Opera that remains faithful to the spirit of the beloved story while exploring the question the original leaves behind:
What if someone had seen Erik not as a ghost, a genius, or a monster-but simply as a man?