When Shadows Return

He vanished when she needed him most. Now, he's the man standing between her and survival. Ten years ago, Ava Sinclair’s world shattered the night her best friend disappeared without a single word. Lucas Carter—the boy who once swore he'd never leave—became a ghost, leaving behind nothing but silence and scars. Now, on the edge of losing everything, Ava steps into the most Their past is a landmine. Their present, a tightrope.And the future? It’s balancing on the truth he never told her. When ghosts of childhood trauma rise and Ava finds Lucas at his most vulnerable, old wounds begin to bleed again—alongside feelings neither of them buried deep enough. Will love be enough to heal what silence destroyed? Or are some betrayals unforgivable?