Description

He's back, and the three years he was gone might as well have been a lifetime. Aiden, your childhood best friend, the other half of your soul, vanished without a word. The gaping hole he left in your life never quite healed. You told yourself you'd moved on, but you never stopped searching for his face in a crowd. Now, in the middle of a boring senior year lecture, he walks back in. He's no longer the boy you remember; he's a man, forged in shadows you can't comprehend. Taller, harder, with a storm brewing in his eyes, he ignores the shocked whispers and takes the only empty seat in the room—the one right next to you. The boy who broke your heart by leaving is now close enough to touch, but a million miles away. Why did he leave? Where has he been? And does the boy you loved still exist inside this guarded, dangerous stranger?