Chapter 54 The Bruise
Case File #54
Victim: Ophelia Ashby
Primary Suspect: Maverick Beaumont
Witness: Azalea Ashcroft
Location: Fine Art Gallery & East Wing Archway, St. Jude's Academy
The beam of Azalea’s phone light shook violently in her hand, pinned directly to Maverick’s face.
The mark on his ch...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Midnight Witness
2. Chapter 2 Shadows in the Corridor
3. Chapter 3 The Broken Cufflink
4. Chapter 4 The Threatening Note
5. Chapter 5 Cornered in the Library
6. Chapter 6 Queen Bee’s Wrath
7. Chapter 7 The Knight in Shining Armor
8. Chapter 8 The Mysterious Key
9. Chapter 9 The Rainy Night Confrontation
10. Chapter 10 The Suspect Roster
11. Chapter 11 The Echelon Invitation
12. Chapter 12 The Masked Ball
13. Chapter 13 Jealousy in the Dark
14. Chapter 14 The Second Threat
15. Chapter 15 The Forced Deal
16. Chapter 16 The Public Declaration
17. Chapter 17 The Contract of Shadows
18. Chapter 18 Raphael’s Heartbreak
19. Chapter 19 The Second Target
20. Chapter 20 The Fragmented Code
21. Chapter 21 The Empty Vault
22. Chapter 22 Shadows & The Crest Cufflink
23. Chapter 23 The Scavenger Hunt
24. Chapter 24 Note by Note
25. Chapter 25 Panic in St. Jude’s
26. Chapter 26 Into the Fog
27. Chapter 27 Shadows in the Glasshouse
28. Chapter 28 The Second Key & The Damning Document
29. Chapter 29 Raphael's confrontation
30. Chapter 30 The Third Cipher
31. Chapter 31 The Forty-Eight-Hour War
32. Chapter 32 The Map That Doesn't Exist
33. Chapter 33 Julian's Warning
34. Chapter 34 The Phantom at the Gate
35. Chapter 35 The Door Beneath the Water
36. Chapter 36 Someone Is Following
37. Chapter 37 The Beaumont Secret
38. Chapter 38 The Broken Trust
39. Chapter 39 The Third Lock
40. Chapter 40 The Third Key
41. Chapter 41 The Archive Flood
42. Chapter 42 The Cipher of the Three Keys
43. Chapter 43 The Lie Between Us
44. Chapter 44 Raphael's Kiss
45. Chapter 45 Jealousy Has Teeth
46. Chapter 46 The Third Key Opens Something
47. Chapter 47 The Girl Who Survived
48. Chapter 48 The Fourth Name
49. Chapter 49 Canvas in the Mist
50. Chapter 50 The Third Target
51. Chapter 51 The Warning After Midnight
52. Chapter 52 23:00
53. Chapter 53 Where Is Zoe?
54. Chapter 54 The Bruise
55. Chapter 55 Three Days
56. Chapter 56 Enough
57. Chapter 57 Zoe
58. Chapter 58 The Story They Want
59. Chapter 59 Her Father
60. Chapter 60 The Interrogation
61. Chapter 61 Blackthorne's Version
62. Chapter 62 The Case Is Closed
63. Chapter 63 The Rose Was Mine
64. Chapter 64 The Fake Girlfriend
65. Chapter 65 The Beating
66. Chapter 66 The Unlocked Door
67. Chapter 67 Shadows in the Manor
68. Chapter 68 The Cracked Shell
69. Chapter 69 Ghosts and Confessions
70. Chapter 70 Whispers in the Mist
71. Chapter 71 Infiltration of Room 304
72. Chapter 72 The Library Archives Encounter
73. Chapter 73 The Missing Sister
74. Chapter 74 Tangled Web & Escalating Romance
75. Chapter 75 The Next Target
76. Chapter 76 The 24-Hour Countdown
77. Chapter 77 Ambush at the Gallery Path
78. Chapter 78 Blood and Bandages
79. Chapter 79 The Council Room Breach
80. Chapter 80 The Father’s Ultimatum
81. Chapter 81 Escape to the Coastal Safehouse
82. Chapter 82 The Transfer
83. Chapter 83 The Extraction
84. Chapter 84 Safe Passage
85. Chapter 85 Shadows in the Quiet
86. Chapter 86 The Ambush
87. Chapter 87 Betrayal’s Cost
88. Chapter 88 The Open Cage
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