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Intro. Lily learned early how to stay quiet—how to shrink herself so the walls wouldn’t hear, so the house wouldn’t notice. The only reason she ever felt safe at all was because of her older brother, Jake. Jake was her shield. Jake was the reason the worst never lasted too long. And then there was Roman. Jake’s best friend. The neighborhood flirt. The boy who smiled like trouble and acted like nothing could touch him. He teased Lily relentlessly, did dumb things just to get a reaction, and called her angel just because he knew she hated it. But Roman saw more than he let on. And tonight, he saw everything.

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@The Ghost