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A quick heads-up to everyone following The Game of Shadows:
          
          There won’t be an update this coming week—I've got some family guests arriving, which means my writing time is about to be temporarily stolen by chai, some competitive ludo (because my cousin loves it, and let's be real—I’m all about winning!), and a very lively house!
          
          So, the next chapter will be uploaded the week after, most likely between December 8-10.
          
          But don’t worry—this pause is only on writing, not on reading.
          
          I’ll still be around, reading your updates and leaving comments whenever I can. So please keep posting, because I can't wait to visit your worlds! ✨
          
          Thank you all for your incredible patience, enthusiasm, and the love you've showered on this series. The shadows will be back before you know it—just gathering some extra strength in the meantime!

The next steps into The Game of Shadows have officially dropped.
          
          Chapters 3 and 4 are now live—two pieces of the puzzle that finally let you inside Adrian Hale’s mind… and show you the cracks he’s trying very, very hard to hide.
          
          In Chapter III, “Broken Symmetry,” we follow Adrian through the eerie stillness of an art gallery, where reflections shift, shadows cling too closely, and one line from the crime scene refuses to let go: “Seek the keeper of measured draughts.”
          
          Whatever it means, it’s pressing on him—hard enough to bend the balance of his already fragile marriage.
          
          And then comes Chapter IV, “Measured Movements,” where the investigation slips quietly into Adrian’s home—into the dinner table, into family conversations, into the memory of a sister whose name no one speaks without the air changing.
          
          Kiwi knows something’s wrong.
          
          Nathan knows something’s returning.
          
          And Adrian knows… the past isn’t knocking anymore.
          
          It’s inside.
          
          The game is unfolding.
          
          The pattern is tightening.
          
          And Adrian Hale is standing right in the center of it.
          
          If you’re reading, share it with someone who loves psychological tension, slow-building dread, or mysteries that rearrange themselves the longer you stare at them.
          
          Your support pushes this story forward more than you know. ✨
          
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A quick update for everyone following The Game of Shadows:
          
          Chapter 3 drops this Monday, and this time we step directly into Adrian Hale’s point of view. His perspective may answer a few questions… and raise twice as many.
          
          That’s Adrian for you—composed, unreadable, dutiful to the point of silence.
          
          In this chapter, we meet Adrian not just as the mind everyone thinks they know… but as someone whose silences mean more than his words.
          
          There are sides to him—sharp, soft, and something in between—that aren’t supposed to fit together.
          
          Let’s just say: you’ll notice the contrast.
          
          And once you see it, you won’t unsee it.
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          Now for something… unexpected.
          
          Some of you who’ve read my slow-burn romance (still reading), Still, With You, already/might know one character from The Game of Shadows slipped into that story—briefly, quietly, like a shadow crossing a warm room where it didn’t belong.
          
          Yes, you’ve already met them.
          
          Yes, it was intentional.
          
          And now, in upcoming chapters, that thread you thought was a tiny cameo is going to tug again.
          
          Not a collision of worlds—just a soft, deliberate overlap.
          
          One that was planted long before this story ever began.
          
          So keep your eyes open.
          
          Chapter 3 is only the door.
          
          What’s creeping in after… 
          
          Well, you’ll see.
          
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Just dropping by with a gentle nudge—the first two chapters of The Game of Shadows are officially out.
          
          I’m honestly excited (and a little nervous) to finally share the beginning of this story with you. The funeral scene… the return… the first whisper of a riddle… everything is now in motion, and I can’t wait to see what you think.
          
          If you enjoy what you read, it would mean a lot if you shared it with someone who might love psychological thrillers—or even just mentioned it in passing. Only if you want to, of course.
          
          Thank you for being here, and for stepping into the shadows with me.
          
          More is coming.
          
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I said Chapter One was coming.
          
          I didn’t say it would come with a SECOND.
          
          Consider this your first surprise.
          
          The Prologue and Chapters I & II are now officially up—opening with a funeral that shouldn’t have been real, a woman who shouldn’t be alive, and a case that has been waiting eleven years to surface again.
          
          From the blinding November light over a sealed coffin…
          to the bathtub filled with cloudy pink water…
          to a riddle written across a mirror—
          The shadows have started moving.
          
          Two chapters.
          
          One game.
          
          The first move has already been made.
          
          And if you think you’re ready for what comes next… you’re not.
          
          Dive in.
          
          React.
          
          Speculate.
          
          The shadows are watching
          
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In just a few hours, the lights will flicker.
          The silence will shift.
          And the first chapter of The Game of Shadows will finally step into the open.
          
          Are you ready?
          
          Do participate in the poll/s at the end of the Prologue and the upcoming chapter/s to intensify the fun!!
          
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There’s a hum in the silence.
          A truth waiting beneath the noise.
          And when the rain starts—
          It doesn’t stop.
          
          The first chapter arrives on Monday morning.
          You might think you’re ready for it.
          You’re not.
          
          And maybe—just maybe—
          A little surprise will be waiting too.
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          [Do vote in the prologue of the story, I would like to know your thoughts.]
          
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