Chapter 1: The Cursed Child of Pine Ridge
Part 1 Locked inside my own bedroom with iron bars nailed across the window frames, I was branded a witch and isolated from everyone I [more…]
Part 1 Locked inside my own bedroom with iron bars nailed across the window frames, I was branded a witch and isolated from everyone I [more…]
The third night was the worst. My throat felt raw from crying, and a dull ache settled in my bones from the cold seeping through [more…]
The note burned in my hand, fueling a frantic energy I hadn’t felt in days. Arthur’s lies had been stripped bare. My baby was perfect, [more…]
The chill in the Eldridge estate’s main house was different from the mountain cold. It was an emptiness, a silence that settled deep into the [more…]
Marcus’s fingers trembled as he clicked on the attachment. A high-resolution photo filled the screen, taken with professional lighting. It was a close-up of a [more…]
The icy grip of the mountain winter had settled over Pine Ridge, but the chill that ran through Marcus was far colder. He printed out [more…]
Julian moved with a terrifying precision, his grief a honed edge. The two unconscious guards were quickly secured, gagged, and left in the cabin. He [more…]
Silas scrambled for a worn-out two-way radio on his desk, fumbling with the dials. His hands were shaking, not from Julian’s grip anymore, but from [more…]
The air in Silas’s trailer was thick with unspeakable grief. Julian stayed on his knees, his body slumped, for what felt like an eternity. The [more…]
Marcus wasted no time. He drove his truck back toward Pine Ridge, the blizzard a swirling chaos around him. Julian’s hollow command echoed in his [more…]