20 Kapitel Laufend ErwachseneninhaltThe vines always grow back. Reneè never wanted to be a hero. She just wanted to survive.
After witnessing a brutal murder tied to the infamous Mr. Carlisle, seventeen-year-old Reneè becomes the last living witness-and his next target.
Carlisle is a ghost, a myth whispered in the city's underbelly, and his influence reaches far beyond the shadows.
With her aunt branding her a monster and her only friend vanished, the police are her only hope.
But when Officer Jones takes her in for protection, Reneè realizes too late: safety is an illusion when you come face to face with the devil himself, Mr. Carlisle.
Police protection is like a child's game to him.
Now, trapped in a web of corruption, betrayal (from her aunt, mostly) and manipulation, Reneè must outrun Carlisle's empire.
The world she knew has fallen away, leaving her isolated in a dangerous game where the rules are his alone.
Because the vines of his influence are everywhere-some might be in the judge's gavel, the neighbor's smile, even the hands that promise to protect her.
He is a master manipulator, pulling strings that control her fate and her heart.
And the deeper she fights, the tighter they coil.
But when the vines start growing inside her mind, who's really trapped?
Is it her, bound by his obsessive world, or is it him, tethered by a desire he never saw coming?
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