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Complete Fri, Jul 4, 201412m

Fiction

Mystery

Will you walk into my parlour?" said the Spider to the Fly. Entry for 2500 word short story competition.

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𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒮𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓈

Eighteen years ago, a woman vanished with her newborn son. She left behind a powerful husband, three sons, and a criminal empire known only as The Shadows. Everyone believed she had abandoned her family. The truth was far more dangerous. Determined to save her youngest child from the life that consumed the rest of her family, she erased his identity and disappeared. For eighteen years, Noah lived an ordinary life. Then his mother died. Now strangers know his name. Powerful men are watching him. And a family he never knew existed has finally found him. Three brothers claim he belongs with them. The Shadows claim him as blood. And someone within the organization wants him dead before long-buried secrets come to light. As Noah is pulled into a world of loyalty, betrayal, and violence, he must uncover why his mother fled-and what she was trying so desperately to protect him from. But the deeper he digs, the more one question haunts him: Was his mother hiding him from The Shadows... Or hiding The Shadows from him? In a world built on secrets, trust is a luxury. And love may be the most dangerous secret of all.

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