Aeon Gray
Selene Suarez had everything: brilliant career, admiration, and a name revered in elite circles. But a wrongful conviction shattered her life, branding her a criminal and sending her to prison for a crime she didn’t commit.The years behind bars left deep, unhealed wounds. Society may have forgotten her, but she has not forgotten what it felt like to be caged. Now, free but deeply scarred, Selene hides from the world in a small apartment, far removed from the galleries that once adored her. She refuses to step into crowded places, avoids strangers like a curse, and keeps her interactions clipped and distant. Cold. Elusive. Grumpy.But then Haven Mondragón shows up.Haven is everything Selene isn’t-warm, persistent, full of reckless kindness. She is stubborn in ways that defy logic, pushing past Selene’s icy behavior with an effortless ease that should be infuriating. And worst of all? Haven is straight.She has no reason to be this invested or to view Selene as a puzzle that doesn’t quite fit. Yet something about Selene pulls at her, an unspoken mystery she can’t shake.Selene wants no part of it. She doesn’t want a savior, a friend, or anyone trying to fix her. But Haven refuses to be shut out, and despite herself, Selene finds the cracks in her armor widening.As the walls between them begin to blur, Haven questions why she can’t seem to walk away, and Selene wonders if she can ever learn to trust again.Can Haven break through Selene’s carefully constructed defenses, or will Selene push her away before she gets too close?
