The Morning After
By morning, the storm had passed.
Snow lay clean again, soft, blinding, and deceptively peaceful in the early light. Emily hadn’t realized she’d fallen asleep until she felt the weight of a hand on her shoulder and a voice saying her name.
“Hey,” Nate murmured. “It’s okay. It’s just me.”
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Alone in the City
2. Chapter 2: The Meet-Cute
3. Chapter 3: Too Good to Be True
4. Chapter 4: The First Red Flag
5. Chapter 5: Friends Raise Concerns
6. Chapter 6: Deepening Intimacy
7. Chapter 7: Gift of the Past
8. Chapter 8 : A Familiar Name
9. Chapter 9: Victim Number One
10. Chapter 10: The Unraveling Begins
11. Chapter 11 – Second Thoughts
12. Chapter 12: A Suspicious Phone Call
13. Chapter 13: Dinner with Shadows
14. Chapter 14: Google Search Gone Wrong
15. Chapter 15: Another Body, Another Clue
16. Chapter 16: Murder Pattern
17. Chapter 17 l: Her Past Comes Back
18. Chapter 18: Following Footprints
19. Chapter 19: The Kiss That Felt Like Goodbye
20. Chapter 20: Coded Conversations
21. Chapter 21: Gaslight
22. Chapter 22: The Room She Can’t Enter
23. Chapter 23: The Ex-Girlfriend Files
24. Chapter 24: Police Involvement
25. Chapter 25: Breakup Attempt
26. Chapter 26: A New Victim
27. Chapter 27: Stalked
28. Chapter 28: A Hidden Camera
29. Chapter 29: Whispers in the Dark
30. Chapter 30: Nate’s Help
31. Chapter 31: The Hacker’s Secret
32. Chapter 32: Threatening Package
33. Chapter 33: Locked Office Opened
34. Chapter 34: Daniel Returns Early
35. Chapter 35: Heart Over Head
36. Chapter 36: Anonymous Witness Dies
37. Chapter 37: Her Alibi Breaks
38. Chapter 38: Psych Evaluation
39. Chapter 39: The Setup
40. Chapter 40: Fleeing the Frame
41. Chapter 41: Hidden in Plain Sight
42. Chapter 42: Flashbacks to Childhood
43. Chapter 43: Daniel’s Real Face
44. Chapter 44: Under the Alias
45. Chapter 45: Digital Trap
46. Chapter 46: The Survivor’s Testimony
47. Chapter 47: Desperation
48. Chapter 48: Symbol in the Locket
49. Chapter 49: Back to the Crime Scene
50. Chapter 50: A Secret USB
51. Chapter 51: The Island House
52. Chapter 52: Breaking In
53. Chapter 53: Cameras Everywhere
54. Chapter 54: Love Triangle Pressure
55. Chapter 55: Killer’s Journal
56. Chapter 56: Booby Trap
57. Chapter 57: Confession Tape
58. Chapter 58: Time Running Out
59. Chapter 59: Exposé Drafted
60. Chapter 60: Betrayed Again
61. Chapter 61: The Setup Part
62. Chapter 62
63. Chapter 63: The Final Victim’s Story
64. Chapter 64: Daniel’s Mother
65. Chapter 65: Infiltration
66. Chapter 66: Face to Face
67. Chapter 67: Reversal
68. Chapter 68: Police Raid
69. Chapter 69: Missing Files
70. Chapter 70: Nate’s Release
71. Chapter 71: Trial Prep
72. Chapter 72: Daniel Escapes
73. Chapter 73: She’s Pregnant
74. Chapter 74: A Message from the Grave
75. Chapter 75: She Leaves NYU
76. Chapter 76: The Road Out of Hell
77. Chapter 77: Running and Remembering
78. Chapter 78: Nate’s Search Begins Again
79. Chapter 79: A Stranger’s Kindness
80. Chapter 80: The Footprint Trail
81. Chapter 81: The Farmhouse Files
82. Chapter 82: Hidden Birth Certificate
83. Chapter 83: Small Town, Big Eyes
84. Chapter 84: The Photo
85. Chapter 85: Nate Closes In
86. Chapter 86: Too Close to Comfort
87. Chapter 87: Boiling Point
88. Chapter 88: A Child’s Drawing
89. Chapter 89: Pregnant and Paranoid
90. Chapter 90: Daniel’s New Identity
91. Chapter 91: Caught on Tape
92. Chapter 92: The Fire
93. Chapter 93: Crossroads
94. Chapter 94: The Baby Kicks
95. Chapter 95: Nate’s Warning Call
96. Chapter 96: The Cabin in the Hills
97. Chapter 97: Woman in the Mirror
98. Chapter 98: The Ultrasound Revelation
99. Chapter 99: Daniel’s Letter
100. Chapter 100: The Power Cut
101. The Morning After
102. Chapter 103: The Silent Night
103. Chapter 104: Call From A Stranger
104. Chapter 105: Ashes In The Snow
105. Chapter 106: Smoke Signal
106. Chapter 107: The Test
107. Chapter 108: The Escape Plan
108. Chapter 109: Through the Woods
109. Chapter 110: The Mirror Ending
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