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Home was never a place—it was always her. Julian has spent years running from his past—until it finally catches up to him and costs him Everly. When old truths surface, Everly does what she’s always done best: she leaves. Determined to build a life that doesn’t depend on anyone else, she starts over, convinced that love shouldn’t hurt this much. But losing Everly forces Julian to face what he’s been avoiding all along.

Everly and Julian built something real inside the calm of Blue Lake. But when the outside world starts closing in, the safety they found in each other begins to fracture. Old ghosts resurface. Boundaries shift. And the truth they’ve been running from refuses to stay buried.

She expected a fresh start. She didn't expect him. Shattered by a scandal she doesn't even remember, eighteen-year-old Everly Davis vanished without looking back. Branded the villain after a party took a dark turn, she cut ties with everything—her school. her so-called friends, and the version of herself they made up. She ran to quiet, peaceful Blue Lake, where no one knows her. Julian McKay isn't looking to be found. At twenty-one, he's still carrying the weight of a girl he couldn't save and a version of himself he barely recognizes.