A woman lives alone in a haunted house with a tragic past—but it’s the man who watches her from outside every night that terrifies and thrills her most. As lightning flashes and shadows deepen, fear and forbidden desire blur. Is he just a stalker… or something far more dangerous? Something tells her the worst is yet to come.
“I think I know who Claire’s partners are now, finally,” Jay announces, bringing the topic away from ghosts and getting fucked with knives by imaginary people. My brows jump in surprise. “Yeah?” We’ve concluded that if we can get to her partners, it’ll be much easier to draw Claire off her comfy little island. I’m…
The first person that breaches the entryway is Michael, and I almost laugh when he slides his gun from his holster and points it at me. Jeff and Gary follow behind, with another one of my men, Baron, taking up the back. “What is going on here?” Gary exclaims, the two old men pausing and…
“What are you going to do?” I ask hesitantly, eyeing the branch like he’s holding a gun. Scratch that, give me the gun. I’ve survived that before. He responds to my question by rearing his arm back and slapping me across the thigh with it. For a blissful second, I’m too shocked to feel anything,…
“I will-“ His chin tips up until his mouth is right by my ear. “I don’t believe you,” he whispers, cutting me off. He said the same thing to me only a couple of weeks ago, and I had asked him to carve a rose into my chest to prove my love. But then I…
“Fucking dickhead, ” I choke out, and yes, I see the hypocrisy, but fuck him anyway. He scarcely gives me a moment to breathe, then he’s threatening to rob me of air once more. His grip isn’t as tight, leaving a kernel of space in my windpipe that allows me to inhale. “Come on, little…
A hand softly jerks my arm, tugging me out of a restless sleep. I crack open my bleary eyes, dry and irritated from the tears. “Is she okay?” I ask instantly, not even fully awake yet, looking around to see my tired father sitting on the other couch, his face set in a frown. Zade,…
I snap my head to him, my rage deepening. “He’s not letting me see her because we’re criminals. And your solution is to… commit another crime?” “Well, when you put it like that.” Growling, I whip away from him and storm towards the balcony, needing to get away. The warm wind whips through my hair…
His last words choke me, and then he walks through my room and out of the door, softly closing it behind him. Shit. I suck in a breath but only wheeze when my lungs refuse to work. Shit, shit, shit. I turn, and work to keep breathing but it feels as if I’m tightening my…
“She’s not the one that pulled the trigger,” Zade barks, defending me. Huffing, he turns around and stares out his window, vibrating with fury. “This is your fault, too,” he accuses snidely, directing it toward Zade. “The both of you. None of this would’ve happened if it wasn’t for your criminal boyfriend, Adeline.” Zade turns…
Hurriedly, I take aim on the greasy-haired man and click the button on the pen, the bullet ripping from the small weapon and through the man’s brain, killing him immediately. The utter surprise is enough time for me to knock away the gun from my head, my captor’s reflexes delayed as he fires off a…