Chapter 6: Between Desire and Doom.

Violet Virgilson.

The words clung to me long after Vincent spoke them: “Secrets have a way of coming out. And when they do, they can destroy everything.” Destroy everything. The warning pressed down on my chest like a hand refusing to let me breathe. I sat in the dim apartment, the hum of the fridge buzzing like a countdown to disaster.

Vincent looked like he was carved out of shadows and arrogance, sprawled on the couch with his gun nearby, his ...