
Then a small voice, bright with terror, cut through the hush. “Sir! Sir, I heard it again!” Grant’s eyes landed…

It was one of those corporate towers that looked clean enough to erase fingerprints from the world. The kind of…

Malcolm’s jaw tightened. People had been approaching him all week: journalists, lawyers, charity people, grief-hunters with warm voices and cold…

Bennett lifted a hand and the guard stopped, instantly. Power was like that. It could silence a boardroom. It could…

Bennett barely heard him. His eyes were on the stone. His hand lifted, slow, trembling, like he was reaching for…

The coldest night of the year didn’t arrive quietly. It dropped on Chicago like a sentence. Wind came first—hard, impatient,…

The Stranger in the Storm Arif Cole hadn’t meant to stop. He was on his way home from another twelve-hour…

The billionaire pushed himself up so fast he nearly slipped, palms muddy, breath smoking. Behind him, two men in black…

He crossed the lobby. “Hey there,” he said softly, crouching to her level. “You waiting for someone?” The girl turned….

Daniel turned back to the boy. “What’s your name?” The boy swallowed. “Malik.” “How long have you been here, Malik?”…

The text message lit David Miller’s phone like a small promise in the dim, sterile cabin of the Gulfstream. From…

Miles got sick fast. So fast it didn’t feel real. One minute he was sprawled on the living room rug,…

The boy, around six, had a red nose and wide eyes that missed nothing. His jeans were a little short,…

The dirt road looked like it had been forgotten on purpose. Not abandoned in a romantic way, not the kind…


Nathan’s fingers hovered over his keyboard. He typed like a man hammering nails into a sinking boat. He tried to…

The room froze in unison. A collective stillness, like a photograph taken by a flash of lightning. Somewhere, someone’s phone…

Evan felt his body react before his mind did, like his heart had a reflex and it didn’t care about…

Ethan Miller learned the smell of his life before he learned the names of most kids in his class. It…

Brian didn’t notice the plush lion. He noticed numbers. Deadlines. The shape of the week ahead. “Yes, Monday,” he said…