X Unmasks the Stalker

X Unmasks the Stalker

Author: Maren Holt Listening Length: 12h 25m

Boston crime journalist Oakley Novak has built her career exposing killers, but a serial killer has turned that pursuit back on her. Xander Rhodes spent weeks watching her through hidden cameras, fixated on her sharp mind and refusal to quit, until she catches him and meets his stare instead of running. He is no longer...

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Chapter 18

Oakley

I crouch behind the desk, knees cramping from holding this position too long. My stomach twists with each wet, sickening sound from across the room. Whatever I expected when I followed Xander here, it wasn’t... this .

I’d told myself I could handle it. I’ve seen crime scenes before. Photographed bodies. Interviewed survivors of unspeakable violence. But witnessing the act itself differs from viewing its aftermath, like sunshine differs from shadows. Fantasy crashes into reality.

Dr. Wendell’s muffled screams vibrate through my bones, primal and desperate. I press my fist against my mouth, fighting the rising bile in my throat.