The Shift

Kade Mercer grew up in a house where silence was dangerous, doors never stayed closed, and love came with bruises.
He learned early that no one was coming to save him.

So something else did.

At ten years old, a presence inside him woke up-cold, sharp, unbreakable.
Its name was Shade.

Shade wasn't imaginary.
Shade wasn't trauma.
Shade was the part of Kade that learned how to survive when a child shouldn't have had to.

Now Kade is older-a father, a partner, a man trying to build a life he never got to live.
But the past has teeth, and it bites back.

When the memories return and danger rises, Kade blacks out...
and Shade takes over.

A psychological, emotional, character-driven story about trauma, survival, identity, and what happens when the version of you created to protect you refuses to disappear.

He's not losing control.
He's sharing it.

Author's Note:
This book is still a work in progress - new chapters drop daily.
Thank you for reading, it means more than you know. Feel free to comment your thoughts, I read every single one.