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Trask Manor

Warren Trask was always difficult. A brilliant, opulent and pretentious tyrant, he imposed a ruthless need for dominance over everyone and everything within his orbit. Camilla Voss didn't care. She had spent the last eight years managing his art collections within his private mansion and expects dust, drama, and deadlines.

What she didn't expect was the suffocating weight of paranoia—or the strange, clawed creature that seems to be watching them both.

As Warren spirals, so does the house around them—walls whisper, shadows twitch, and Camilla finds herself less employee, more witness. To madness. To judgment.

And when the final chapter is written in blood, Camilla must decide: is she just recording the truth… or becoming part of the legend?

The Night Before

Al Klippech has his reasons for working Christmas Eve. None of them are good.

The former Chicago detective now drives rideshare to make ends meet, nursing a fever and counting the hours until December 24th is over. When a terrified young mother climbs into his backseat clutching an infant, fleeing armed men who mean them harm, Al's first instinct is to refuse.

He's done being a hero.

But when bullets shatter his rear window, he has seconds to decide: abandon her, or remember what it means to fight for someone who can't fight back.

One night. One choice. One last chance.

Sometimes the only way forward is in reverse.

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