Out-and-regretting-it comprehensive attendee Jayden Phillips turns his cast-iron plans for life upside-down by falling in love with private-school violinist Darren Peace, a sardonic boy with the craziest hair Jayden's ever seen.<br><br>But all is not what it seems, and Jayden's bullying problem becomes meaningless when he is confronted with what the music does to Darren. How do you stop a dangerous depression rooted in the same thing that makes someone what they are? Dark moods, blank apathy, and the undertow of self-loathing all simmer beneath Darren's dry and beautiful veneer, and Jayden feels powerless to stop them.<br><br>Then a mugging gone wrong takes the music forcibly away, and Jayden is finally given the chance to change Darren's life -- and, quite literally, his mind.

Vivaldi in the Dark

“And maybe I love you a little bit, too.”


“Let’s not get carried away here.”


Jayden laughed wetly, kissing the damp T-shirt under his cheek and twining their fingers together again. “One day, you’ll talk about your feelings.”


“I do,” Darren protested. “Just not the sappy ones. I’m not a romance novel.”


“Pity.” Jayden dared to pinch him, and Darren squirmed away with a breathless laugh that was three parts humour, one part discomfort. “I do, you know. I mean it. Darren, I mean it, I love you.”


Darren stroked his fingers through Jayden’s hair, disturbing the stiff spray, and for once, his face was completely open.


Chapter 104