Seven years after disappearing, Iris is forced back into a family that feels more like a memory than a home. Her mother overwhelms her with suffocating affection, desperate to hide the guilt of being the one who lost her, while her father’s controlled resentment toward her mother flickers in the smallest gestures, louder than any outburst could be.Her twin, Ava, has built a perfect life in Iris’s absence, one Iris is expected to slip into as if she never left. But everything destabilizes when Ava’s boyfriend turns his attention toward Iris. His interest is immediate, unsettling, and far too intent. Iris can feel the pull in every glance, every hesitation, every moment they’re accidentally alone.Caught between a mother trying too hard, a father barely holding the peace, and a twin whose world she’s suddenly endangering, Iris must return to a life that never waited for her and escape a temptation she shouldn’t feel but can’t ignore.