The Last Reason to Stay

People say that everyone has a reason to stay.

I used to believe I had already lost mine.

Elara Quinn Ashford. I hide behind quiet smiles, empty words, and the hope that no one notices how exhausted I am. I've spent so long pushing people away that loneliness has become my only comfort. Trust is terrifying when everyone you've believed in has eventually left.

Until I met Kaelis Noelle Vale.

She was everything I wasn't loud, affectionate, playful, and impossible to ignore. She could brighten any room with her smile, yet behind that warmth was a girl who constantly over thought, feared being forgotten, and longed to be loved just as deeply as she loved others.

I was drowning in silence.

She was hiding behind noise.

Neither of us was looking to be saved. We were simply two broken souls carrying different kinds of pain, learning that healing isn't about fixing someone it's about choosing to stay when life tells you to walk away.

But trusting someone means risking another heartbreak.

So when the girl who became my light reached out her hand, I had one question left to answer:

Would I finally take the risk and let her into my heart...

Or would I let my fears convince me that people will always leave?

The Last Reason to Stay is a slow-burn Girls' Love novel about love, healing, friendship, and finding hope in someone who reminds you that even the darkest nights don't last forever.