Whispers Of The Love

Chapter 1: A Familiar Stranger

In the quiet town of Willow Creek, where everyone knew everyone, Harper had grown up always in the shadow of her charismatic older brother, Ethan. Ethan's friends were a constant presence in their home, loud, boisterous, and full of life. Among them was Caleb, Ethan's best friend since childhood. To Harper, Caleb had always been just another one of Ethan's friends, until the summer before her junior year when something changed.

Caleb returned from his first year of college transformed, no longer the gangly teenager Harper remembered but someone taller, with a confidence that seemed to light up the room. Harper found herself stealing glances, noticing the way his smile reached his eyes and how his laughter seemed to fill their home with warmth.