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The Witness is the fourth novella in The Fractured Veil, a psychological suspense series where identity fractures, memory rewrites itself, and truth resists the record.
For years, Lina's mother has hidden her from the town that insists she doesn't exist. According to the files, Lina was never born. But Lina has her own notebook, scraps of Rae's handwriting tucked into library books, and a stubborn pulse that says otherwise.
When she glimpses Ash through windows and reflections, she realises their stories overlap. Rae's notes warn her not to answer when called. Mrs. Dunn visits with "concern." Harrow debates how many "copies" the town can tolerate. And Lina discovers transcripts that change when spoken aloud.
As parades of masks march through the fog and files demand her signature, Lina learns the danger of being a witness in a place built to erase. Her own mother's journal leaves her one final instruction: "If you're reading this, Lina, then you never existed. And that means you're the only one who can tell the truth."
Unsettling. Lyrical. Haunting.
This installment pushes the series deeper into unreliable testimony and fractured perspective, told through the eyes of a child who was never supposed to survive the record.
Perfect for fans of The Silent Patient, Never Let Me Go, and Behind Her Eyes.