Chapter 8 The Letter
I lie on the bed for what feels like hours, drifting in and out of shallow naps. The silence in this house is unnerving, like even the air is afraid to move.
Not too long after Nikolai left and I heard the sound of his car fade down the driveway, a maid slipped in with my breakfast. She didn’t spea...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Uninvited Groom
2. Chapter 2 The Devil's House
3. Chapter 3 The Cat and the Little Bride
4. Chapter 4 Rest, Little Bride
5. Chapter 5 No Way Out
6. Chapter 6 Twenty-Eight Ways
7. Chapter 7 A Dress in Purple, A Band in Gold
8. Chapter 8 The Letter
9. Chapter 9 The Illusion of Freedom
10. Chapter 10 Five Days, Five Nights
11. Chapter 11 Her Only Lead
12. Chapter 12 A Son’s Confession
13. Chapter 13 Turn Them Off
14. Chapter 14 Blind
15. Chapter 15 A Table for Two
16. Chapter 16 The First Date
17. Chapter 17 A Jet, a Dress, and the Devil’s Touch
18. Chapter 18 The Calm Before the Crash
19. Chapter 19 Brackenridge
20. Chapter 20 Room Six
21. Chapter 21 Blackout
22. Chapter 22 Yellow Jacket
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