Chapters
1. CHAPTER 1: A JOB TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
2. CHAPTER 2: THE KING OF ICE
3. CHAPTER 3: A QUIET CALL FOR ASSISTANCE
4. CHAPTER 4: BROKEN GLASS
5. CHAPTER 5: THE INITIAL LINK
6. CHAPTER 6: THE LOCKED ROOM
7. CHAPTER 7: A WARNING UNSPOKEN
8. CHAPTER 8: SHADOWS OF THE PAST
9. CHAPTER 9: THE FIRST TEST
10. CHAPTER 10: THE PRICE OF DEFIANCE
11. CHAPTER 11: THE MIRRIR’S GHOST
12. CHAPTER 12: A TENSION THAT BURNS
13. CHAPTER 13: ARIA’S QUIET REQUEST
14. CHAPTER 14: AN UNWANTED GUEST
15. CHAPTER 15: THE THINE LINE BETWEEN HATE AND DESIRE
16. CHAPTER 16: A THREAT IN THE DARKNESS
17. CHAPTER 17: THE MAN FROM MY NIGHTMARES
18. CHAPTER 18: TRAPPED IN HIS GAME
19. CHAPTER 19: A STORM BREWING
20. CHAPTER 20: WHISPERED IN THE WIND
21. CHAPTER 21: AN OATH OF SILENCE
22. CHAPTER 22: A DANCE WITH THE DEVIL
23. CHAPTER 23: THE NAME THAT HAUNTS ME
24. CHAPTER 24 – A DANGEROUS FASCINATION
25. CHAPTER 25 :THE NIGHT EVERYTHING CHANGED
26. CHAPTER 26 : A HEARTH UNDER LOCK AND KEY
27. CHAPTER 27 : THE WARNING
28. CHAPTER 28 : PLAYING WITH FIRE
29. CHAPTER 29 :A BITTER KISS
30. CHAPTER 30 : THE BEGINNING OF THE END
31. CHAPTER 31 :THE DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
32. CHAPTER 32 :THE MONSTER IN THE MIRROR
33. CHAPTER 33 :BETRAYAL’S SHADOW
34. Chapter 34 :The Web of Lies
35. CHAPTER 35 :A CHILD’S FEAR
36. CHAPTER 36 : A GAME OF CONTROL
37. CHAPTER 37 : THE MASK SLIPS
38. CHAPTER 38 : AN UNINVITED GHOST
39. CHAPTER 39 : A TEST OF LOYALTY
40. CHAPTER 40 : THE ENEMY WITHIN
41. CHAPTER 41: THE GHOST’S TRUTH
42. CHAPTER 42: THE SHATTERED PICTURE
43. CHAPTER 43: A CRACK IN THE MASK
44. CHAPTER 44: THE SILENCE BETWEEN US
45. CHAPTER 45: THE POISONED RING
46. CHAPTER 46: A DANGEROUS DANCE
47. CHAPTER 47: THE NOTE IN THE MASK
48. CHAPTER 48: BELOW THE MANSION
49. CHAPTER 49: SECRETE IN THE WALLS
50. CHAPTER 50: CHOICES WITH CHAINS
51. CHAPTER 51: THE INNOCENT WEAPON
52. CHAPTER 52: SHADOWS IN HER EYES
53. CHAPTER 53: TRUTH IN A WISHES
54. CHAPTER 54: TIES THAT CHOKE
55. CHAPTER 55: THE ESCAPE PLAN
56. CHAPTER 56: THE STRANGER AT THE DOOR
57. CHAPTER 57 – DOLLS AND DAGGER
58. CHAPTER 58 : THE PUPPET MASTER
59. CHAPTER 59 :THE DOUBLE AGENT
60. CHAPTER 60 : TICKING LIES
61. CHAPTER 61 : BLOOD AND BETRAYAL
62. CHAPTER 62 : A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
63. CHAPTER 63 : NO WAY OUT
64. CHAPTER 64 : THE ENEMY WITHIN
65. CHAPTER 65 : PLAYING WITH FIRE
66. CHAPTER 66 – THE LAST WARNING
67. CHAPTER 67 :TINTED LOVE
68. CHAPTER 68 : THE ART OF DECEPTION
69. CHAPTER 69 : THE BREAKING POINT
70. CHAPTER 70 : THE PRICE OF A LIE
71. CHAPTER 71: A DEADLY GAMBLE
72. CHAPTER 72: SHADOWS OF THE PAST
73. CHAPTER 73: BOUND BY SECRETE
74. CHAPTER 74: THE TAST OF REVENGE
75. CHAPTER 75: FIRE AND ASHES
76. CHAPTER 76: A NAME IN THE DARK
77. CHAPTER 77: BURNING THE BLUEPRINT
78. Chapter 78: END OF THE LINE
79. CHAPTER 79 : FREEDOM OR FIRE
80. CHAPTER 80: REBIRTH OR RUIN
81. CHAPTER 81: THE TRUTH NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR
82. CHAPTER 82: ETHAN’S PLAN UNFOLD
83. CHAPTER 83 : CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
84. CHAPTER 84 :THE NIGHT OF THE ULTIMATUM
85. CHAPTER 85: A DEAL WITH A MADAM
86. CHAPTER 86: THE BREAKING POINT
87. CHAPTER 87 : SPLITE SECOND
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CHAPTER 52: SHADOWS IN HER EYES
"When she lied, she used to hum."
Like a corroded hinge, the elderly woman's voice broke through the study air.
At first, I remained silent. I just gazed at her, her hands shaking not from fear but from time, her gray
hair pulled up with a light ribbon, and her heavy spectacles sliding down her n...
