🗝️Detective Ryker Viltarin must uncover dark secrets before he loses not only his heart, but also his life.🗝️
You're on your own, far from home
The wind is blowing in the top of the pines
A gloomy sky where the sun never shines
Dee...
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With a hearty yawn, Evelyn put her mug of tea back in the cup holder and leaned back in the driver's seat. The many ancient giant trees that reigned unchallenged over this wild, colorful land passed her window as distorted silhouettes. Everything was still damp and clammy because it had been raining all night.
Music was blaring from the radio - Adele with Love in the Dark.
»Please, stay where you are. Don't come any closer. Don't try to change my mind,« the light voice sang along softly, feeling a bitter sting in her chest. It still hurt. But it was getting better. It was no longer tearing her apart, and soon, she would be able to sleep through the night again. She was sure of that.
Sighing softly, the young woman reached for the rear-view mirror and turned it a little to see better. An exhausted image looked back at her from the reflection. Her blonde hair fell in wild waves around her chubby face and shoulders. Her right eye remained hidden under her fringes, which tickled her cheek across her forehead - better this way, as she only had to see some of the dark circles that already adorned it. It matched her pale complexion and lips, curving downwards at the corners all too often lately.
»It's getting easier.«
Oh boy, now she was already trying to convince her reflection.
A soft whimper sounded beside her, and the young woman stroked the big German shepherd's head. Then she put the indicator on and turned the corner. The gravel crunched softly under the wheels.
