After Midnight

She was never supposed to know her name.
She was never supposed to want her.
And she was never supposed to come back.

By day, Orm is invisible. By night, she becomes the woman behind the red lights-the one everyone wants but nobody gets to keep.

She has rules: no names, no attachments, no promises. Most importantly, no one can ever discover who she really is.

Then Ling walks in.

She doesn't see Orm the way everyone else does. She watches her eyes.

One night becomes two. Two becomes an obsession neither can escape. Ling keeps returning, while Orm pretends she doesn't wait for her.

Then familiar eyes, a familiar smile, and familiar hands begin appearing in daylight.

Coincidence-or something darker?

Because Orm's carefully hidden life is beginning to unravel, and Ling may be the first person capable of making her want to take off the mask.

She came looking for a distraction.

She found an obsession.

And Orm?

She was never supposed to fall in love.

After Midnight.

Come closer.

The lights are already going out.