When the Lights Don’t Lie

Starwyn has always seen the world a little differently. Lights linger where they shouldn’t. People glow when no one else seems to notice. She’s learned to ignore it—learned that asking questions only makes things uncomfortable. Then she crashes a private party she was never meant to attend. For the first time, the lights aren’t just hers. Two men notice her immediately—both powerful, both dangerous in very different ways. One offers control and protection. The other offers truth and choice. Neither tells her what she really is. As the illusion of her normal life begins to crack, Starwyn is forced to confront a terrifying possibility: the world has been lying to her, and she’s the reason it’s starting to fail. Because when the lights don’t lie, neither do the things watching her. And choosing who to trust may cost her everything.