로그인BOOK 3: EPILOGUE Elaine dreamt. For the first time in a long while, her sleep wasn’t invaded by shadows or screams. There were no cold sweats, desperate gasps for air, or lingering dread clinging to her chest when she stirred. Instead, her mind conjured something so gentle and surreal it almost b
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 101 -ELAINE- I couldn't sit there for even a second longer, the tension was killing me. Steph was pacing back and forth in the kitchen, desperately trying to get another update from the police. Meanwhile, Duncan was out there, risking everything for something that I knew deep dow
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 100 -ELAINE— The school was surrounded by chaos when we arrived. Sirens screamed in the distance. Teachers were huddled near the entrance, some crying, others shouting into their phones. Parents were arriving in waves, panicked and demanding answers. Duncan didn’t wait; he leapt
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 99 -ELAINE— The banging on my door startled me out of my thoughts. I had barely managed to eat anything all day, my mind spinning endlessly since my last confrontation with Duncan. When I opened the door, Steph stormed in like a hurricane. “What the hell is wrong with Duncan?!” sh
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 98 -DUNCAN- I knew something was wrong. It was the townspeople who informed me about Elaine driving off the cliff. I had no idea, I was devastated about what happened the other night and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I mean, damn it, I know her. She’s stubborn, guarded, but
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 97 -ELAINE— The next day arrived, and I found myself still in the same position I was in the previous night. I hadn't even budged an inch. I missed the knock on the door when Steph arrived. I was completely lost in my world, and I didn't even realize the time or how long I had be
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 33 -DUNCAN- Elaine didn't show up that evening, reasons best known to her. I didn’t expect it to hit me like that. Seeing the way Amelia’s face crumpled when she realized Elaine wasn’t coming to her game—it knocked the wind out of me. She didn’t say much, just stood there clutchi
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 17-DUNCAN-I nearly screamed. I was not proud of that, but I did. Or… almost did. My hand was already on the door because I knew someone was coming. I figured it’d be one of the staff from the farm. I told him three o’clock. I was expecting him. What I got was her.Elaine.My godda
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 12-ELAINE-What kind of monster makes a child so scared she hides in her room? Everything snapped into place. His quiet, brooding demeanor. The way Amelia flinched sometimes when his voice got loud. The bruises I noticed during her last check-up—the ones she insisted happened at ba
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 6 -ELAINE- As it turns out, you can’t call in sick for two days in a row. I learned that the hard way. The next morning, when I called in again, still holed up in bed faking a pounding headache and a thousand thoughts swirling around my brain, my boss’s tone sliced through the phon







