Every rise masks a deadly fall. Especially his. Being Seventeen and about to graduate secondary school should have been good. Only it isn’t, at least not for Naeto. With desiring a life contrary to his father’s plans, getting a full-ride scholarship to a top-tier ballet academy in Arizona, and simmering sexual tension threatening to ruin his friendship with his best friend Zino, Naeto’s life’s a twisting mass of complications. A twisty mess that thrusts him into a world of lies, awakened desires, secrets, heartbreak, and questions about the person he’s becoming.