"Are you going to talk me through this, Em?"
"Yeah." "Show me." Malakai Vale has spent the better half of his life burying his guilt under carefully crafted humor and deflection. Now, he's forced to confront a truth he can no longer outrun. Healing isn't measured in days, but in choices. And every choice leads him straight to the one forbidden line he knows he shouldn't cross. Emery Matson learned long ago that blurred professional boundaries only leave something broken. That is, until the charismatic ex-addict skips through her door wearing a smile so bright it's nearly blinding. The lines grow blurry, especially when the pit in her stomach transforms into butterflies, especially when the ghosts she buried refuse to stay in the ground. A troubled past. A trusted voice. Two wayward souls searching for solid ground. As healing becomes distorted and reality becomes impossible to trust, Kai must decide whether the noise inside his head belongs to his addiction—or something much, much darker. Sometimes, the most dangerous thing isn't the past you're trying desperately to outrun. Sometimes, it's the voice inside your head convincing you to let it in. Narrated in duet style.
