Aria had spent months being blamed for things she didn’t do, scolded for mistakes she never made, and gaslit until she questioned her own memory. But on that final night in the empty office, something changed. When the lights flickered and an unnatural glow gathered above them, Delphine thought it was just another inconvenience. She didn’t realize it was the fire Aria had suppressed for far too long — finally coming back to claim its target.

They said it was forbidden, the Seven Dark Paths, each one more blasphemous than the last. But Darren didn’t care. He had a purpose, and he would see it through. People who knew him once whispered about betrayal, about vengeance. Some said his enemy had destroyed his life. Others said he was driven by hatred so pure it burned through his soul. No one really knew the truth. What they didn’t see was the map of scars carved into his body, each one earned through a ritual no mort

Seven years after the Wilkins case, Detective Nora Harper still can’t escape the horror that started it all. When a new crime scene bears the same message written in blood, Nora realizes Eli — the missing child — has found his way back. And this time, he’s calling her “Mom.”

When years of workplace mistreatment finally push Hafiz past his breaking point, his boss learns the hard way that some employees don’t just quit — they take matters into their own hands.

Rafi prided himself on working best under pressure — until one night, when a looming deadline pushed him into something far darker than overtime.