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
CHAPTER 141 [ His Final Breath ] ~SOPHIE~ Grief doesn’t scream. It doesn’t crash into you like a wave. It creeps in slowly, soft as a whisper, until you’re drowning and don't even notice the tide coming in. It’s in the way your chest tightens during a silent car ride. It’s in the way the world bl
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 5 -ELAINE- I didn’t let Amelia out of my sight. Not for a single second. Where she went, I went. If she skipped to the living room, I was right behind. If she wandered to the hallway, I trailed her. And when Duncan led her into the kitchen to prepare lunch, I followed them too, ig
CHAPTER 123 [ Baby Brother ] ~TRAVIS~ That familiar loneliness wrapped around me almost as soon as I walked into my house. You’d think after coming back here every night, I’d have gotten used to it. But I never do. It was still always so cold, regardless of how high I turned up the heater befor
CHAPTER 126 [ To Be Fully Free ] ~SOPHIE~ A new beginning was easier said than done. It took only a few hours of combing through the internet in search of medical schools with affordable tuition fees, the cost of moving cities, and jobs for someone with only a high school diploma—for me and Elai







