Millie has spent her entire life hiding the scars of her childhood from everyone around her. The only three people who know the horrors she faced are her mother, the boy with a lopsided smile, and the man who stole her childhood. The very man who has decided to return to her life just as her world starts to fall apart.
Jaxon has been left broken by grief, drowning in guilt, and desperate for the one person he never forgot, Millie. Millie tries to keep her distance as old wounds reopen and buried secrets rise to the surface but when her past returns Jaxon is the only person she trusts to protect her.
With their hearts on the line, Millie and Jaxon are forced to confront the tragedy that shaped them both. Because some people save your life once... and some people spend a lifetime trying to save your soul.
A deeply emotional dark romance about surviving trauma, first love, grief, healing, and finding safety in the arms of the person who never stopped caring for you.