Epilogue
Months later, Shadow of Misty Mountain climbs the bestseller list under the name Jacob Steele. It moves like wildfire through quiet hands, whispered between friends who rarely read thrillers but found something real in the story. Something that feels lived in.
Abby doesn’t say much when the rankings go live, but I catch her watching them. Knees tucked up under her on the couch, coffee in one hand, my laptop in the other. Her mouth twitches in the corner like she doesn’t want to smile, but can’t help it.
She never told the world who she really was. Didn’t need to. She built her life in the shadows, and now she’s found the light she wants to live in.
The dedication reads:
For those who came home, and those who didn’t.
And for the one man who made surviving feel like living.
Snow still covers Glacier Hollow. But inside this cabin, with her beside me and the next book half-finished on the desk… it feels like everything I never thought I’d get back.
Peace. Purpose. And her… always her.
Ready for more love stories in Misty Mountain? Check out the entire series here.