Teach Me to Fly

<p><strong>She came home to escape her demons.</strong></p><p><strong>He's never stopped feeding his.</strong></p><p><em>A match made in...ruin? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>ANGELIQUE</strong></p><p>Trauma always leaves a mark and mine is buried deep beneath scar tissue and muscle memory. I fled New York to escape the ballet world that broke me-and the man who ruined everything-swearing I'd never dance again.</p><p>But Imperium isn't New York. They're here to challenge the rules starting with a darker grittier Swan Lake retelling with an Odile who finds her own redemption.</p><p>I'm partnered with the boy I once knew...except Reign Harrington isn't a boy anymore. Now he's a man filled with quiet rage and too many secrets.</p><p>And somehow he sees straight through my façade.</p><p>As we dance a story too close to my own I find myself coming undone all over again. Because healing isn't linear and surviving might not be enough.</p><p></p><p><strong>REIGN</strong></p><p>I was raised to lead Imperium. To dance until my body breaks and to carry a legacy I never asked for. I dance because it's expected but I play the piano because it's the only way I know how to breathe.</p><p>When I play I see her. Always her. The girl who once kissed me like I was someone worth staying for. I've composed entire symphonies just to survive missing her.</p><p>And now she's back.</p><p>Angelique Sinclair-too fragile to touchand too broken to stay.</p><p>Watching her dance feels like breathing for the first time in years so I make it non-negotiable: I'll dance Swan Lake but only if she lets me stay in the guesthouse with her.</p><p>Close enough to stop her from disappearing.</p><p>Close enough to teach her to fly.</p>