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Pain? Loss? Insanity? Please. No one could even begin to think about that. True pain is when your entire body goes numb in surrender, when your brain gives in and you find yourself choking on regret, when you are so helpless your mind can't even comprehend what's happening to you. True loss is when you're holding someone you love in your arms, your clothes stained in their blood just waiting for them to open up their eyes and tell you they're okay, desperate for them to give you a smile, twitch their fingers, anything! And true insanity is when you lose every emotion you once had, every memory you made and every person you cared for within the length of one heartbeat.
Kathryn Blue is kidnapped after working a late shift at her job one night. After waking up in some stranger's basement with some new allies and finding out things about the world that she can't quite accept she must escape the pain and torture of her tormentors 'games' and figure out a way to see the light of day again before it's too late.
They say forgive those who hurt you but then again, revenge is a dish best served cold.
Gina and her best friend Liana are the only people who know her darkest secret, or so she thinks. When Liana disappears, she begins to realize things aren't as they seem. The blackmail following the disappearance leaves Gina with some startling questions about whoever knows her secret obsession. She slowly finds herself drawn into a web of robbery, kidnap and murder.
Can Gina discover who the psychopath is before it's too late or will the cagophilia she battles lead to her demise?
[Second place winner in the Blue Rose Awards May 2019]
Disclaimer: The image used to make the cover does not belong to the Author.
#1 in Philia on 07/04/2019