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Chapter 18

The door to my bedroom crashed open, the sound of splintering wood tearing through the silence of the night. I jolted upright, my heart in my throat as Callie’s silhouette filled the doorway, her frame backlit by the hallway light. “Cora!” she hissed, her voice a strangled whisper-shout. “What the hell were you thinking?” I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, trying to make…

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Chapter 17

The moment I saw the headline, my heart leapt into my throat. “Local Author Fakes Kidnapping for Publicity Stunt!” The audacity of it was almost laughable, but the reality was far more thrilling. My mother was livid, her face a mask of betrayal and anger as she read the news. “A marketing ploy?!” she spat, her voice echoing through the house. “Cora, how could…

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Chapter 16

I sat there, the last page of Cora’s book glowing on my phone screen, my heart pounding in my chest. The silence of the cabin seemed to echo the turmoil within me. I had just finished reading her novel for the second time, and this read-through left me with a sense of awe and nakedness that I had never before experienced. Cora had painted…

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Chapter 15

I drove back to the cabin, the weight of what transpired between Cora and me in the forest lingering like a foul taste in my mouth. The car still held her scent—a mix of fear, desire, and the sweet fragrance of the floral perfume she wore. It was a reminder of the chaos she’d brought into my life. Once inside the cabin, I opened…

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Chapter 14

I lay on the ground, my blood seeping into the earth beneath me. The pain in my head throbbed, a dull ache that radiated through my skull. But it wasn’t the pain that consumed me – it was the realization that this was real. Haides was real. The man I thought I had created, the perfect embodiment of my darkest desires, was flesh and…

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Chapter 13

I was wrong. The innocent facade was a lie. As she lunged, a dangerous smile spread across her lips. I wasn’t prepared for her to attack. But the second she did, I knew I could never let her go. Her sudden lunge caught me off guard, but my reflexes kicked in instantly. I wrestled her to the ground, my heart pounding in my chest…

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Chapter 5

The dank air from my workshop filled my nostrils as I descended the rickety wooden stairs. I entered the torture chamber I had lovingly created, my sanctuary of pain, where I could express myself freely without fear of repercussion. The dimly lit room featured an array of snapshots from my victims’ lives on one wall, while the other wall was adorned with a maze…

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Chapter 4

I opened my laptop, fingers itching to check my novel’s progress. The Spicy Book Bitches – our lovingly named beta reader group – had been blowing up my phone with their reactions. “OMG! The ending! How can you do me this dirty, you bitch! *cry emoji x5*” “The sex scenes were… scorching! I need a Haides of my own!” “The ending had me in…

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Chapter 7

The tension in the movie was so thick I could barely breathe. The heroine was all alone, exploring the dark, creepy attic, and I was on the edge of my seat, clutching the armrests and muttering warnings under my breath. “Don’t go in there!” I hissed at the screen. “He’s right behind you!” But of course, she didn’t listen. She pushed open the creaky…

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Run

run rabbit                              run rabbit I won’t be packless for long. I just went into heat, and now I’m trapped in the woods, being hunted by multiple packs, each one more cruel than the next. If they could catch me, they got to keep me. Unfortunately for them, I’d been training…

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