Fourteen when she moved in. Eighteen, when she couldn't deny it anymore. Salomni wasn't supposed to fall in love with the man who gave her shelter, who handed her tea without touching her hand, who looked at her like she was a question he didn't dare ask. But love doesn't follow rules. And secrets never stay quiet forever. A slow-burn, emotionally charged coming-of-age romance about intimacy, restraint, and the quiet spaces where desire begins to breathe.