Book Two - The Terror

The man she once saved becomes the
monster she must escape.

Dylan's addictions bloom like poison.

First pills to stay awake after working long hours, because he was doing it for his family.

Then the darkness that swallows everything.

With every high, his rage sharpens. The house becomes a war zone.
Susie's body, a map of his violence.

When he loses his job,
she becomes the provider.
Only to be punished for stepping
outside of his reach.
Accusations, threats, fists.

And finally, the night he
holds a knife to her throat
and forces their child to say goodbye.

Susie makes a safety plane to escape. She wraps her daughter in her embrace and runs. She hides.
She becomes a ghost to survive.

But monsters don’t stay behind walls.

The Terror is a breathless descent into survival. The fight to protect her daughter, the horror of being hunted,
and the impossible mix of emotions when the man who destroyed her life, destroys his own.