Before Dawn

ABIGAIL-ANN ASHER

New York City was supposed to be my fresh start, a chance to leave behind the ghosts of San Francisco and the insecurities that refuse to let me go. I came here to rebuild myself, to prove that I am more than my past.

Then I meet him.

Mikkel Suarez is powerful, magnetic, and heartbreakingly handsome. He's everything I should avoid-yet every time he looks at me, my walls begin to crack. He makes me want to believe in something I swore I'd given up on. Love. The kind that consumes you. But trusting him feels like a risk I can't afford.

Because if I fall, I might not survive the landing.

MIKKEL SUAREZ

My life is built on control. Everything in its place. I never questioned what I wanted-until I saw her.

Abigail is a contradiction-strong yet guarded, confident yet wounded-and I can't stay away. She doesn't see what I do-her brilliance, her strength, the way she lights up a room. I want to be the man who proves she's worthy of love.

But she's not the only one afraid. There are parts of me I never let anyone see... but with her, I want to.

I just have to convince her to stay before she decides she's better off alone. Because losing her? That's not an option.