LOGINThe sound of her heels echoed softly against the floor, swallowed whole by the sterile silence of the prison hallway. Each step felt like it was slowly bringing her closer to hell, but her back stayed straight and her head stayed high. She passed rows of locked doors, steel bars and bored guards, an
Three Months Later The fabric was soft against my skin, and so breathtaking that I couldn’t take my eyes off it. I sat in front of the vanity, my hands folded in my lap and trying to breathe evenly as the stylist added one final pin to my hair. I'd always thought I'd cry on my wedding day, but I ha
I was still holding Ethan's hand when the door creaked open again. At first, I thought it was a nurse or maybe a detective back with some update about Marcus's arraignment. But then I saw a cane, and a face I hadn't expected to ever see again. Richard Jones. Ethan froze beside me as he stepped int
I could have sworn I was dead. But then I found myself waking up in a room that was too white and too quiet, and the air smelled like disinfectant and something sterile that clung to the back of my throat. My body ached in too many places to count, and I wasn't sure at first if I was dreaming or i
When I opened the door to my office, I half-expected a ghost. But the man sitting across from my desk wasn't a ghost, even though he looked eerily familiar. He was in his mid to late fifties, wearing a sharp blazer with a well-kept salt and pepper beard, and the kind of eyes that looked like they ha
CALLAHAN The cold hit me the second I stepped outside, but I lit the cigarette anyway. I hadn't touched one in over three years (not since the Donovan case) but something about watching a pregnant woman get wheeled out on a stretcher with a bullet hole through her chest just made the craving imposs
“Toothbrush?”“Check.”“Makeup kit?”“Check.”“Fishing gear?”“Check.”“Sexy lingerie?”“Check.”“Secret gift that will definitely make you the best girlfriend ever?”“Check,” I said, waving the package in front of Rachel. We were standing by the door, waiting for Ethan to pick me up so we could hea
“Miss Carson?”I looked up with a shocked expression, wondering why the entire room was staring at me. Nate had tilted his head to the side, staring at me with a knowing look in his eyes. His smile was wicked as he leaned forward, almost as if he could guess what I had been thinking about. “I’m sor
It didn’t make sense how much I missed him. I’d seen him only a few hours ago, and yet I already felt sad and lonely without him. I wanted to be with him all the time. I wanted him all to myself, and I didn’t want anyone or anything to interfere with our time together. The idea suddenly hit me. Why
“Ethan, what the actual fuck do you think you’re doing?” she snapped. “Why would you pull me away like I’m some sort of accessory that you can move around whenever you…”I didn’t let her finish as I crashed my lips to hers, desperately pulling her to me. Our lips met in a clash of fire and fury, all







