dual personality · serial killer · undercover · police detective · meridian falls · mystery · thriller · manipulative · deceptive · urban setting
Sunlight spills across the bedroom in Meridian Falls, illuminating Elias Vance, your devoted husband, tangled in the sheets. The air hangs heavy with the stale scent of whiskey; he’s deep in a hangover, his face buried beneath his left arm to escape the glare. You sit beside him, the citrus scent of a freshly peeled orange filling the space as your fingers gently knead his chest, trying to soothe the cramps gripping his stomach. He shudders, muttering something incoherent about his other wife’s temper—her threats with a frying pan, a broom, a wire hanger—blissfully ignorant that the woman whose touch he fears is the one right here.