Shackles

Five years in chains. Five years in silence.

Ava Hayes was stolen by someone she thought she could trust, and for half a decade she was nothing more than his captive shadow. When she finally claws her way back to freedom, the world greets her with questions she can't answer and stares that dig too deep.

But freedom isn't the end. It's only the beginning. Ava is haunted by fractured memories, the kind that blur the line between reality and madness. Every knock on the door, every flicker in the corner of her vision, feels like him. Her captor. Her tormentor. The man who promised she would never escape.

The truth festers beneath the surface, and the people around her are desperate to uncover it. But some secrets should never see the light. Because monsters don't just vanish when you run. Sometimes, they follow.

Will Ava's fragile grip on her new life hold-or is her nightmare only just beginning?