Easily pleased, Micah enjoys a career in non-profit work and gets through his days one lame joke at a time. Then his friend Lou introduces him to her musical family and the Knights pull Micah into their world of resilience and sorrow. Soon, Micah understands that in the face of grief, optimism isn't always enough.<br><br>Lei was once revered for his tremendous talent. But one day the music died, and the scars under his leather bracelets are a reminder of what he lost. These days, he's nothing but a phantom. Shut away from the world, Lei tunes instruments in the Knights' music store.<br><br>Then charismatic Micah enters his life, charming his family and slowly coaxing his way into Lei's heart with steadfast devotion. With Micah at his side, it may yet be possible for Lei to reclaim the spotlight he'd thought permanently abandoned.

Music of the Knight

Lei pressed a button on the remote and the apartment went quiet. Then out of nowhere, with no warning at all, he gripped my shirt collar and dragged me into the hall, so hard and fast, my feet left the floor a few times. Breathing hard, he shoved me into the entrance, and I tumbled back into the door, shocked, dazed—completely overwhelmed. “GET OUT!” he shouted, but his voice was not a shout, it was almost musical. He paced the dimly lit hall, lost in his torment, engulfed in the shadows. “You can’t help me! You can’t see it!” He hid his eyes, as though a memory was burning his retinas. “You can’t see it,” he said again.


I was in shock. Needed something warm. Needed him. “See what?” I said in a shaky voice.


But he couldn’t hear me. Couldn’t see me. He left and I heard a door slam.


Chapter 49