Chapter 12 The Truth We Hide

3:45 a.m. - Behind the Shack

Mira sat alone on the old wooden swing beneath the crooked sycamore, its ropes worn and fraying like her nerves.

She hadn't spoken since the message.

Since the footage.

Since she realized they'd been watched again.

Footsteps.

She didn't have to turn to know it was Luca.

His presence hummed li