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Act I The young officer kicked the first shoe like it had insulted him. It skidded across the overgrown grass, flipped once, and landed near a rusted trash bin at the edge of…

Act I The chandelier kept sparkling while Amelia Hart lay on the floor. That was the part she would remember later. Not the pain in her cheek, not the cold polish of the…

Act I The stain on Leila’s nightgown looked impossible in the sunlight. Everything else in the bedroom was too beautiful for panic. White walls. Blue curtains. An ornate chandelier catching the morning light….

Act I The coins hit the floor before Clara Bennett looked down. One bounced under the white tablecloth. Another spun in a bright silver circle beside her black shoes. The rest scattered across…

Act I The officer told the girl to stay away before she even reached the booth. “Stay back, kid,” he said, raising one hand. “He can bite.” Rain streaked the diner windows behind…

Act I The first thing Olivia Crane did when she recognized Marcus Vale was laugh. Not a surprised laugh. Not the soft laugh people give when an old memory walks into a room…

Act I The chalk dust made Ethan Mercer look like a ghost. It clung to his hair, his eyelashes, the folds of his beige hoodie. It floated beneath the fluorescent lights in the…

Act I Mia Laurent was curled on the marble floor beneath ten thousand dollars’ worth of handbags when the boutique manager decided the problem was not the lights, the noise, or the frightened…

Act I Julian Vale stopped so suddenly at the hospital door that Celeste nearly ran into his back. The room beyond him was too white. White curtains. White bed. White blanket. White light…