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Shadow Architect

Shadow Architect

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She thought she was the hunter. Every night, Lila slips through the shadows of the city, following him-Marcus, the quiet, devastatingly handsome architect who barely notices the world around him. She knows his routines, his favorite coffee order, the way he hums under his breath when he thinks no one's listening. She tells herself it's harmless. Just a crush. Just curiosity. But Marcus has secrets darker than the alleys she hides in. While Lila meticulously documents his every move in her hidden notebook, mapping his life like a lovesick cartographer, Marcus is carefully selecting his next victim-choosing them with the same cold precision he uses to design sleek, minimalist buildings. The police are closing in on a monster they call "the Architect," unaware that the woman obsessively trailing him is the only person who could expose the truth. The closer Lila gets, the more she feels the danger humming in the air. But by the time she realizes she's not stalking a man... she's dancing with a predator who's already begun to notice her back, it might be too late to run. In a twisted game of cat and mouse where both think they're the cat, one of them is very, very wrong.
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