*"Shion Amano never asked to be born.
In his father’s eyes, he was weak.
In his mother’s eyes, he was a mistake.
Abuse carved scars into his skin, but silence carved deeper scars into his heart. He grew up in a house where laughter didn’t exist, where his cries were ignored, where even his mother turned away when he begged for help.
By twelve, he had learned that fists could speak louder than words.
By fifteen, he was laughing at his mother’s funeral, because tears no longer came.
Now seventeen, Shion lives alone — a perfect student on the outside, but haunted by nightmares within.
Each night, he sees another version of himself: a twisted shadow with his own face, smiling as it presses a knife against his chest.
He thought leaving his family behind would free him.
But the past doesn’t vanish.
It waits, and it smiles.
I hope you enjoy this novel."*