Fireflies
Every day at the same hour, the Red Ones come.
And anyone caught outside when they arrive dies.
For years, fourteen-year-old Elara Vance has lived underground with her mother and little brother, Noah, following one simple rule: never be outside when the Red Ones come.
Then her mother leaves to find food—and never returns.
With their supplies running out and Noah growing weaker by the day, Elara has no choice but to break the only rule keeping them alive.
She goes outside.
Noah follows her.
And before they can make it back, the hour arrives.
The streets empty.
The Red Ones appear.
With nowhere to hide and no idea what waits beyond the town, Elara makes a promise she doesn't know if she can keep.
She will protect her brother, no matter what it costs her.
Then a broken man saves them.
He has lost everything. His family. His home. His reason to keep fighting. He was already waiting for the day the Red Ones would take him too.
But watching Elara risk her life for her brother changes something in him.
Now he has someone worth protecting.
Together, the three of them must uncover the safe places hidden throughout the town, survive the hours when the Red Ones rule the streets, and find a way out before they become trapped there forever.
Because there is one question nobody has dared to ask:
What is waiting beyond the town?
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