Chapter
Chapters
Chapter 1 – The Pier
Chapter 2 – The Mark
Chapter 3 – The Town Holds Its Breath
Chapter 4 – The Perfect Distraction
Chapter 5: Play his Game
Chapter 6 – The First Snare
Chapter 7 – Shadowed Moves
Chapter 8 – The Wrong Face
Chapter 9: The Bait
Chapter 10 – Shadows Within
Chapter 11 – The Mole
Chapter 12 – The Red Thread
Chapter 13 – Following the Thread
Chapter 14 – A Prime Suspect
Chapter 15 – The Wrong Capture
Chapter 16 – Shadows Behind the Curtain
Chapter 17 – Perfect Lies
Chapter 18 – The Woman Behind the Smile
Chapter 19 – The Wrong Trail
Chapter 20 – The Town’s Darling
Chapter 21 – Threads of Doubt
Chapter 22 – Beneath the Surface
Chapter 23 – A Trap Within a Trap
Chapter 24 – Breaking Point
Chapter 25 – Masks and Shadows
Chapter 26 – When the Walls Breathe
Chapter 27 – Cracks in the Glass
Chapter 28 – Setting the Trap
Chapter 29 – In the Dark
Chapter 30 – The Price of Failure
Chapter 31 – Turning the Board
Chapter 32 – Breach
Chapter 33 – The Daylight Kill
Chapter 34 – False Faces
Chapter 35 – Cracks in the Foundation
Chapter 36 – The Captive Stage
Chapter 37 – The Spectacle
Chapter 38 – The Personal Stage
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Chapter 18 – The Woman Behind the Smile
The hospital was buzzing with the late-morning rush—stretchers rolling down sterile corridors, phones ringing at the nurses’ station, clipped voices calling out for supplies and charts. Clara stepped inside, her badge tucked away in her pocket. She wasn’t here on official business, not yet. Today...