Darkness

Previously

…The fear that had been a gnawing anxiety now solidified into a cold, hard certainty. The killer wasn’t just a random psychopath. There was a motive, a personal connection, something deeply rooted in the past. And somehow, inexplicably, she and Liam were caught in the middle of it. The dream, she realized with a chilling clarity, wasn’t just a nightmare. It was a memory, trying to break free. And the masked killer, with their roses and their shadows, was the terrifying manifestation of that buried past. She had to tell Liam. Now. The locket, once a curious find, now felt like a key, a terrifying key to a door she was no longer sure she wanted to open.