Numbers. They haunt me. I can't look into a person's eyes without seeing the six-digit date of their death. I’m helpless to change it, no matter how hard I try. I’ve trained myself to look down. Away. Anywhere but at their eyes. My camera is my escape. My salvation. Through its lens, I see only beauty and life—not death and despair. Disconnected from all those around me, I’m content being alone, simply existing. Until I meet him. Tavian. The man beyond the numbers. How can I stay away, when everything about him draws me in? But how can I fall in love, knowing exactly when it will expire?

Numbers. They complete me. Nothing makes sense without them, the building blocks of logic. A math teacher by day, a statistics doctorate student at night, my obsession to solve problems is constantly fed. I'm exactly where I want to be in life, no unknown variables or unsolved formulas. Until I meet her. Lyra. The woman beyond the numbers. How can I stay away, when everything about her draws me in? But how can I fall in love, when she won't promise me eternity? \\\\THIS IS BOOK 2 IN THE EXP1RE DUET, A CONTINUATION OF LYRA AND TAVIAN'S STORY, AND SHOULD ONLY BE READ AFTER EXP1RE\\\\