Chapter 9: The Bait
The precinct had quieted by midnight, but Clara Hale’s mind refused to rest. The fluorescent lights in her office buzzed faintly, a constant irritation as she stared at the stacks of reports on her desk. Marcy Hale’s name sat at the top of every page, highlighted, circled, condemned. The mayor’s ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 – The Pier
2. Chapter 2 – The Mark
3. Chapter 3 – The Town Holds Its Breath
4. Chapter 4 – The Perfect Distraction
5. Chapter 5: Play his Game
6. Chapter 6 – The First Snare
7. Chapter 7 – Shadowed Moves
8. Chapter 8 – The Wrong Face
9. Chapter 9: The Bait
10. Chapter 10 – Shadows Within
11. Chapter 11 – The Mole
12. Chapter 12 – The Red Thread
13. Chapter 13 – Following the Thread
14. Chapter 14 – A Prime Suspect
15. Chapter 15 – The Wrong Capture
16. Chapter 16 – Shadows Behind the Curtain
17. Chapter 17 – Perfect Lies
18. Chapter 18 – The Woman Behind the Smile
19. Chapter 19 – The Wrong Trail
20. Chapter 20 – The Town’s Darling
21. Chapter 21 – Threads of Doubt
22. Chapter 22 – Beneath the Surface
23. Chapter 23 – A Trap Within a Trap
24. Chapter 24 – Breaking Point
25. Chapter 25 – Masks and Shadows
26. Chapter 26 – When the Walls Breathe
27. Chapter 27 – Cracks in the Glass
28. Chapter 28 – Setting the Trap
29. Chapter 29 – In the Dark
30. Chapter 30 – The Price of Failure
31. Chapter 31 – Turning the Board
32. Chapter 32 – Breach
33. Chapter 33 – The Daylight Kill
34. Chapter 34 – False Faces
35. Chapter 35 – Cracks in the Foundation
36. Chapter 36 – The Captive Stage
37. Chapter 37 – The Spectacle
38. Chapter 38 – The Personal Stage
39. Chapter 39 – The Trap
40. Chapter 40 – Threads of Deception
41. Chapter 41 – The Loom Tightens
42. Chapter 42 – Three Nights
43. Chapter 43 – The Eve of Collapse
44. Chapter 44 – The Rally of Shadows
45. Chapter 45 – Into the Maze
46. Chapter 46 – Threads in the Dark
47. Chapter 47 – The Circle Narrows
48. Chapter 48 – The Countdown
49. Chapter 49 – The Trap
50. Chapter 50 – Day One
51. Chapter 52: Day Two
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