My mysterious fiance

Previously

…Before Elara could protest, Liam was already moving, a silent shadow slipping towards the back of the apartment. The sound of the door splintering inward echoed through the small space, followed by the distinct, chillingly familiar voice of Julian Thorne. Elara scrambled to the laptop, her fingers flying across the keyboard, the weight of everything – her past, her future, her very survival – resting on the speed of her actions. The echoes of the past, the whispers in the walls, had finally converged into this single, terrifying moment.