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

I was a man adrift on a hazy sea, cutting through the vapors of a world I didn’t know. There was no sense in trying to understand. Of guessing in which direction the sun would rise. Lei wrapped his arm and leg around me and sighed, sinking into oblivion. Sweet merciful oblivion. After a long time, when I was sure he slept, I stared at his wrist, at the bracelet wrapped around it. The leather was bound tight, but loose enough to slip my finger underneath. Calmly, almost serenely, I gazed at the dark pink scar where Lei had opened himself. Where death had touched him.


Surrendering to the fog of uncertainty, I slept.21


Nash plucked the silver star out of the Christmas decoration box and dangled it in front of Justin, Nathaniel and I. “Who gets to hang this thing?” he teased us with a smirk. He was a little tipsy from the brandy eggnog we’d mixed and his cheeks were rosy. I’d never seen him happier.


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