Hidden Love
READING AGE 18+
Luna’s life runs on rails. Wake up, take her pills, smooth down the flyaways, spritz her perfume, and head to school. Predictable. Neat. Exactly how she likes it. After years of moving for her father’s job, finally settling three years ago felt like stepping into sunlight after a long tunnel—mostly because it brought her back to Mal.
Mal, whose name suggests trouble but who is anything but. Where Luna is polished edges and practiced control, Mal is messy brilliance—ink-stained fingers, rumpled shirts, a mind that sprints faster than his mouth can keep up. He’s the harmless nerd everyone underestimates, yet somehow he walks their high school halls as if wrapped in invisible armor. Luna envies that.
The two of them have been inseparable for three years: her quiet discipline balancing his chaotic spark. It feels perfect. Easy. Unshakable.
But perfect things don’t stay perfect. And Luna is about to learn how quickly even the steadiest life can split wide open.
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LUNA
“I… my name is Gloria Rhodes. Luna Gloria Rhodes. You may call me Gloria.”
She delivers it like a decree, expecting me to react, bow, bare my throat—whatever wolves do. I say nothing. I just stare. She hates that.
“Can you leave for this next part, Mal? I think it’s important the ……
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