A Withered Flower
Some hearts don't break—they rot slowly in silence.
At seventeen, Silas Moriarty believed in gentle words and genuine love—until the world crushed that belief. Rejected by the ones he admired, mocked and called names, and finally betrayed by his first girlfriend in the most humiliating way possible, his heart didn’t just break—it withered. Now, entering his final year of high school on a new campus, he walks the halls not with hope, but with apathy. Love? He’s done with it. Women? Just classmates, nothing more.
That’s when Rose Everett comes into his life—a name that echoes across campus like a warning. Gorgeous, infamous, and untouchable, Rose is a gal known for her sharp tongue, bullying streak, and ever-present entourage of jocks. She’s everything Silas swore to avoid.
And then her father hires him to be her personal tutor.
Forced into close proximity with the very type of girl who once shattered him, Silas braces for the worst. But beneath the layers of makeup, spite, and bravado, he starts to notice the cracks. The moments of silence. The glances no one else catches. Rose isn’t just a queen bee—she’s a mystery wrapped in thorns.
As days become weeks and their world narrows to late-night sessions and unspoken truths, Silas finds himself questioning the numbness he's clung to for so long. Can two broken people find something real in a world full of masks?
"A Withered Flower" is a slow-burn, emotionally charged romance about pain, disillusionment, and the unexpected ways two damaged souls can collide—and maybe, just maybe, begin to bloom again.
