Chapter 7 A Dress in Purple, A Band in Gold
The scrape of a chair against the floor jolts me awake. Not birdsong, not footsteps. Just that single sound echoing through the quiet room. My chest tightens immediately, and my muscles freeze. For a heartbeat, I don’t remember where I am, until the dread settles in like a stone in my stomach.
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Uninvited Groom 
2. Chapter 2 The Devil's House 
3. Chapter 3 The Cat and the Little Bride
4. Chapter 4 Rest, Little Bride 
5. Chapter 5 No Way Out
6. Chapter 6 Twenty-Eight Ways

7. Chapter 7 A Dress in Purple, A Band in Gold

8. Chapter 8 The Letter

9. Chapter 9 The Illusion of Freedom

10. Chapter 10 Five Days, Five Nights

11. Chapter 11 Her Only Lead

12. Chapter 12 A Son’s Confession

13. Chapter 13 Turn Them Off

14. Chapter 14 Blind

15. Chapter 15 A Table for Two

16. Chapter 16 The First Date

17. Chapter 17 A Jet, a Dress, and the Devil’s Touch

18. Chapter 18 The Calm Before the Crash

19. Chapter 19 Brackenridge

20. Chapter 20 Room Six

21. Chapter 21 Blackout

22. Chapter 22 Yellow Jacket


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