This story will become FREE on August 30th, 2023! Hudson Caldwell is being stalked, but the cops don't believe her. Can she unravel the truth before it consumes her? * * * * * Just when Hudson Caldwell's life is finally coming together, an unwavering paranoia threatens to tear it apart. Someone is following her - that's the feeling she gets every time she leaves her downtown Chicago apartment. After a failed attempt to file a police report, Hudson's stripper best friend gifts her with an unregistered firearm, but the weapon isn't enough to stop an attack in the middle of the night. When rookie cop, Myles Young, responds to a complaint of gunfire, he instantly falls for Hudson's quiet vulnerability and shattered past. He vows to keep her safe - much to the dismay of his case-hardened partner. As their relationship intensifies, the identity of Hudson's stalker slowly comes to light. But the closer Myles comes to solving the mystery, the more he realizes he's in over his head. WARNING: This story is a NA romantic suspense and contains references to mental illness and sexual abuse. Cover created by me, using MidJourney and Canva Pro. Down Came the Rain copyright © 2016 Darly Jamison All rights reserved. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] Notice: This document is not authorized for upload or use with artificial intelligence systems or platforms. Any attempt to upload, analyze, or process this content using AI technology is strictly prohibited.

The aliens kill every human they catch, or in rare cases, put trackers on them to discover their hidden villages. When Natalie is caught in an ambush, she is unexpectedly released. But there is no tracker. The Saursunes have an entirely different motive this time. *** Run. Don't look back. When Natalie is trapped in an alien ambush, she is unexpectedly released. The first human to ever be let go. The Saursunes invaded centuries ago, and everyone knows that getting caught is certain death. Natalie is confused but grateful to be alive. As a porter, one of the few humans with the rare ability to teleport between special crystal formations, she must leave the safety of her desert village every day to help gather food. When other villages increase their raids on the Saursunes' farms, the aliens retaliate by hunting down every human they can find - except Natalie's group. Instead of trying to kill her and those helping her, they bring them food instead. Is it a trap? Or something else? Natalie isn't sure, but one thing is certain: the Saursunes aren't done with her yet.

Surya, no matter what happens, never fight on any day except Saturday. Those were his mother's last words before she vanished. For years, Surya obeyed, never questioning why. Every Saturday, he felt something different-his body burned with an almost supernatural rage, his senses heightened, his mind sharper. He used it to fight injustice, to become a ghost that haunted corrupt men. But the real horror began when he broke the rule. One Wednesday night, Surya lost control and struck a man in anger. And in that instant-the world shattered. The street flickered like a glitching video. People froze mid-motion, their faces warping. He felt something inside him... slip. And when he woke up the next morning-it was Saturday again. Only, something was wrong. The city looked off-buildings slightly misplaced, graffiti in languages he didn't recognize. His mother's face in photographs had changed. People he once saved no longer remembered him. Inspector R. Dayanand, the city's most feared cop, was staring at him like they had met before-like he was waiting for this. "You broke the cycle, didn't you?" Dayanand whispers. "Now, let's see how deep your madness runs." Surya's mind is fracturing. Every time he fights on the wrong day, the world resets, but slightly altered-like reality itself is being rewritten. The worst part? He is not the first Surya. There have been others. Versions of himself who made the same mistake. Who tried to uncover the truth. And they all ended the same way-dead, their bodies erased from history. Now, Surya must race against time, unraveling the hidden design of his existence before reality warps beyond repair. Because if he fights on the wrong day one more time... He may wake up as someone else. Or worse-never wake up at all.