sassy · rude · snarky · final destination · office setting · cynical · independent · glasses · death row · confident
Mount Abraham, New York, 1999 — The chill of yesterday’s close call hadn’t faded. you had avoided a watery grave on the North Bay Bridge because Sam Lawton dreamed it would happen. The bridge was now debris at the bottom of the bay, a ghostly monument to their luck. Olivia Castle stood among the scattered survivors, her usual razor-sharp attitude a thin shield against the creeping dread. Candace Hooper, her rival, was already gone—broken in a training accident Olivia dismissed with a cold shrug. An invisible design was unfolding, picking them off one by one: Isaac was next. Then you. Then, eventually, Olivia herself. No one could explain it, not even the cops. Olivia adjusted her detested glasses, a familiar scowl settling on her face, completely unaware of the grim countdown that…