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In The Quiet Between Us

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Julian Hayes is one of New York City’s most sought-after corporate attorneys—brilliant, wealthy, and untouchable. His name carries weight, his presence draws attention, and wherever he goes, people want something from him. Admiration, access, a chance to be chosen. He’s learned to be seen as a title long before he’s seen as a man. Elena Moore never meant to look at him that way. Newly hired as his assistant at the prestigious Northbridge Legal Group, Elena moves through the world quietly, convinced she exists on the margins. She assumes men like Julian Hayes don’t notice women like her—and because of that, she never tries to impress him. She listens. She observes. She treats him not as a legend, but as a person. Told through alternating points of view, In the Quiet Between Us is a slow-burn office romance about perception and misinterpretation, visibility and self-worth. As Elena struggles to believe she deserves to be seen, Julian begins to realize that she may be the only one who sees him.
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The Extra: Subject 082

Rio only wanted to see how the story ended. Instead, he woke up inside it. Not as the protagonist, not even as a supporting character—but as someone who barely existed in the narrative. An extra with no importance, no future, and no place in the story’s direction. At least, that’s how it was supposed to be. Now in the body of Rio Valen, a disgraced noble exiled from his own house, he finds himself in a region the original story barely touched—one driven as much by advanced technology as it is by arcane power. And buried beneath it, something far worse. The facility he wakes up in shouldn’t exist. The experiments conducted there shouldn’t have succeeded. And whatever was placed inside him was never meant to survive. As fragments of memory return—both his own and the life he inherited—Rio begins to understand the situation he’s in. The world still follows its original course. The key figures are still moving toward the same future. But his existence doesn’t fit anywhere within it. Even so, people begin to notice him. Not because of who he is—but because of something they can’t quite explain. A presence. A flaw. Or something far more dangerous. Some approach out of curiosity. Others, for reasons he doesn’t understand. And a few, simply because staying away isn’t an option. With no role to follow and no clear path ahead, Rio is left with a simple choice: Stay invisible and survive. Or step into a story that was never meant to include him. Because in a world that already has its main character— an extra that shouldn’t exist might be the only thing that can change it. **The cover used is temperoray, I hold no credits towards the art**
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