PART 3 For a long moment after the message appeared, no one in Roman’s hospital room spoke. You have until sunrise to find it, Nora. After that, your father disappears...
PART 2 Roman’s whisper changed the room. For a moment, the apartment became too small for all the things inside it: the blood drying on my carpet, the coffee cooling...
Not ruin. Not yet. I had no intention of destroying nine people in a hospital corridor while my wife lay fighting for her life ten yards away. What they were...
His second was believing I intended to hurt him. I glanced toward Caleb. He stood near the edge of the mat, rubbing one shoulder. His eyes were fixed on me,...
PART 2 For a long moment, none of us moved. Rain tapped steadily against the kitchen windows, soft and rhythmic, almost gentle enough to disguise the truth Lena had just...
Part 2 Hospital security reached Ethan before his polished oxfords could cross the threshold of the lobby elevators. He did not go quietly. Even with two armed guards flanking his...
Part 2 The heavy pendulum of the antique wall clock swung through the silence of Courtroom 4B, its rhythmic brass click marking the end of my family’s masquerade. Twelve o’clock....
Part 2 For several seconds after my mother struck me, no one moved. The silence in the ballroom felt almost physical, pressing against the crystal chandeliers and the white linen...
Lieutenant Brandon Carter lowered the microphone, the metallic hum of the gym’s sound system lingering in the heavy air. The senior handler did not hesitate. He took a measured step...
Part 2 The black government SUV turned off the county road, its tires crunching heavily over the gravel driveway before coming to a smooth, deliberate stop beside the porch. Every...