Chapter 19

NADINE

I woke up to the soft warmth of sunlight filtering through the curtains, casting long shadows on the plush bedding. For a brief moment, there was peace—a quiet, delicate pause where the world didn’t feel like it was closing in around me. But then, like a dam breaking, the memories of the past day came rushing in, crashing over me with an unforgiving force.

Duke. The stalker. The note. Rona