1. The House Never Sleeps

Lillian never meant to fall in love with Alex. Quiet, complicated, and always slightly out of reach, he drifted through life like he was afraid of being seen. But Lillian saw him. In the way he tapped his fingers when he was anxious. In the way he laughed like it hurt. She loved him-from a distance, from behind unspoken words and almost-confessions. She thought there would be time. Time to say it. Time for him to see that someone loved him completely, exactly as he was.

But time ran out.