When Lucien was eight, he saw something no child should— His perfect cousin, Vance, smiling over his older brother’s corpse. Vance never knew Lucien saw. The trauma stole Lucien’s voice. Now they’re seventeen. Vance is still perfect. Lucien, still silent. But behind that silence, Lucien has spent every year remembering. Watching. Waiting. Perfection is a mask, and behind Vance’s is a killer. When Lucien’s voice returns, so will the past… and this time, Vance won’t be the one smiling.