Hidden Heartbeats - Beyond the Tides

The world of the Pogues collapsed the day JJ Maybank died in Kiara's arms. Everyone mourned the loss of the rebellious boy who would have given his life for his family, and grief transformed the emptiness into unbearable pain.

What no one knows, however, is that what appeared to be a brutal, cold-blooded murder carried out by Chandler Groff was actually a meticulously calculated deception. Under the relentless threat of seeing all his friends - and, above all, the love of his life - wiped out, JJ agreed to a dark deal to smuggle goods through the black market.

Groff's knife served only as a cover for a carefully calculated drug that stopped JJ's heartbeat for cruel hours, faking his death to the world.

Now, while Kiara tries to piece her shattered heart back together in the Outer Banks, JJ breathes in the shadows of a forced exile, silently fighting to survive and find his way home before the disguise becomes a permanent sentence.