There was a tickle in Sam’s mind that she couldn’t ignore. A buzzing that wouldn’t go away, whose source she couldn’t find. There was an itch she was desperate to scratch, if only she could find it.

All she could say for certain was that she was out of sorts. A life she’d always found accceptable if not thrilling suddenly felt unbearable. Work she’d previously enjoyed, she now resented. Things th...

It happened the same way falling in love did, gradually and then all at once. This person whose entire being I was once so sure I knew completely, was now a stranger to me. Who was he, really? What was he capable of? What had I willfully ignored? Connor had offered me a dream life but in this moment, face to face, I realize something has shifted. I fear my life has become a nightmare. The lies I’...