He Knew Before I Did

Opal Lane has already lost too much.
After the brutal murder of her best friend, Amarie Santiago, Opal is left drowning in grief, guilt, and unanswered questions. The case was closed without a name, without justice - and without peace. Everyone blamed the obvious suspect. Everyone moved on.

Opal couldn't.
Now a university student studying forensic documentation, Opal is given a chance to redeem her failing grades by analyzing any case of her choosing. Against better judgment, she chooses the one case that still haunts her: Amarie's.

As Opal retraces the events of the night that changed everything, secrets begin to surface - about the party, about the people involved, and about how little she truly knew. The closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous her search becomes.

Especially when her professor, Walter Marshall, starts taking an unusual interest in her work.

Brilliant. Protective. Unsettlingly familiar.
What begins as academic guidance slowly blurs into something far more intense, more personal - and far more dangerous. Because some truths were never meant to be uncovered, and some monsters hide in plain sight.

In a story of obsession, grief, forbidden attraction, and buried guilt, Opal must decide how far she's willing to go for justice... and whether the truth is worth surviving