DEDICATION

To the quiet girls with stormy hearts.

To the boys who feel too much but show too little.

To those who were never chosen first — but loved like they were the last.

This story is for the unseen,

the unheard,

the untamed.

For every soul who thought they were “too soft” for this world —

and found someone who didn’t just see their softness,

but protected it with fire.

For anyone who still believes that love isn’t always gentle —

but when it’s real, it is brutally honest, brutally fierce, and brutally yours.

And most of all —

To the one who dreams loud in silence:

This is your story. You just haven’t lived it yet.