THE SOULSTICESome souls are meant to find Heaven.Some are meant to be forgotten.Scarlett Ezo Ferolino was supposed to be on her way to the afterlife. Instead, she awakens in Amnes—a forgotten realm where lost souls wander without memories, trapped between the life they once lived and the eternity they were meant to reach.To earn their place in Amnes, the lost spirits are given a purpose: haunt the living and take fragments of their souls. The more they collect, the longer their world survives.Then Scarlett is assigned to Ash Desiree Solidum.Ash lives alone in a house where the windows never open, the rooms are always cold, and silence has become part of her daily life. Scarlett is supposed to frighten her—to take a piece of her soul.But Ash isn't afraid.She can see Scarlett.And somehow, the longer they stay together, the less Scarlett remembers why she was supposed to leave.What begins as curiosity becomes companionship. Companionship becomes affection. And eventually, they find themselves holding onto something neither of them was supposed to have—a love that exists between the living and the dead.But every year, during the Soulstice, lost spirits are given only twenty-four hours to walk among the living and uncover the memories that will lead them to their rightful destination.For Scarlett and Ash, that night may be their only chance to discover the truth.There is a way for Scarlett to return to life.But bringing her back means resurrecting everything she escaped from—the scars, the people who hurt her, and the life that once destroyed her.There is another way.A way that will finally send Scarlett to Heaven.A way that requires Ash to let her go.Because sometimes loving someone means choosing to keep them beside you.And sometimes, it means loving them enough to set them free.“I'll keep the pain of missing you, so you don't have to keep the pain of your past.”