𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑
— 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝓂𝑒 𝒹𝓇𝑜𝓌𝓃 ;
𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝒶𝑔𝑜 —

𝐈𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐊 a moment to break the heart of Oakley Torine; although her father placed a steady hand upon the trembling shoulder of his youngest child, his mere touch could not hold together the shattered pieces of her being. He, too, had fallen to his knees on that very night when receiving a phone call that relayed to him an accident had stolen the lives of his son and spouse. But his demeanor was nothing compared to that of his daughter, who wrapped herself within the silk sheets her brother loved, and clutched her heart between desolate sobs. Never before did Spencer Torine watch her crumble to the floor, desperately wiping at her tear-stained cheeks while begging him for any account of reassurance.

Oakley had been sick that day — and though she ached that evening to attend her brother's award ceremony for academics upon the waters of First Beach, Graham had assured his twin otherwise. He had kissed her gently on the forehead, and bid goodbye like every other instance of his departure, just as her mother comforted her with the sweetest embrace. But if the teenager had known those were the last moments she would ever have with them, she would have stayed there forever.

The truth was simple: the tide had taken them from her, and never again would her family be whole.

But as she prepared to turn out the lights that night in an attempt to slumber through the grief, she had seen him. Slouching on her bed, his head placed in his hands and his clothing as penchant as the second he left her, was Graham.

That was when it all began.

❝ i'm SO excited for this book. ❞