Silent Verity

What should have been one of the happiest times of our lives drove a wedge between us.

For years now, Dalton has been my rock. When we’re apart, I feel like I can’t breathe, but when we’re together, I feel almost invincible. Like the world can’t touch me.

But hitting it big enough for us and our bandmates to move into a mansion destroys everything.

I lost Dalton. I lost the one person I needed most in this world.

Somehow, we’re all still living in relative harmony. Somehow, I hide the devastation I feel from all my friends. Somehow, I smile at Dalton all while I feel like I’m drowning in my own blood.

But when no one is looking, I allow myself to crumble. To fall. To break.

When my mother makes her reappearance, like she does every few weeks, it’s the final straw. I’m breaking. Shattering. But this time, she’s arriving to do more damage than she’s ever done before.

Because she overdoses, and I’m woken in the middle of the night by police officers bringing me the news.

Dalton is who I beg for as my world is spinning out of control all around me. He’s the only person I trust to hold all my pieces while I’m being shredded apart.

But have I truly lost him forever, or will Dalton pull through when I need him the most?

**Please read the author’s note at the beginning of the book before deciding to read.