The Portrait of Fear
The spotlight on stage burned hotter than the rest of the opera house. Every eye behind every mask was fixed on me, but the only gaze I felt was his. Reyes—my old CO—chained to the gilded frame like he was some tragic Christ dragged into an art exhibit nobody asked to see. His head hung forward,...
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Chapters
1. The Truth Is, I’m Tired
2. The Devil Doesn’t Stare—He Smiles
3. There’s No Such Thing as Random
4. Dirt Doesn’t Stay Buried
5. Paranoia's Not Just a Feeling
6. The Message in the Blood
7. When the Mirror Crack
8. The Devil Behind Glass
9. Rabbits Don’t Scream
10. The Teeth of Silence
11. Echoes Under Skin
12. The Devil’s Canvas
13. Meat for the God
14. The Warehouse of Skin
15. The One That Got Away
16. Blood Doesn’t Lie
17. Let Me Show You Pain
18. The Bone Collector’s Message
19. When the Bones Begin to Sing
20. Saint Eustace
21. The Ones Who Watch
22. Flesh Memory
23. Where the Rot Began
24. The Girl Who Watched
25. The Dollmaker’s Shadow
26. Face to Face with the Devil
27. Grayson Street
28. The Cult Beneath the Badge
29. The Storage of Secrets
30. The Unmasking
31. The Sound of Wet Canvas
32. THE SHRINE
33. Where the Air Stops Breathing
34. The Muse.
35. The Masterpiece.
36. The Last Tightening
37. Every Gallery Has a Closing Night
38. The Patron’s Room
39. Obedience
40. The Frame Never Empties
41. The Artist Leaves the Frame
42. When the Canvas Shifts
43. The Portrait of Fear
44. TOMORROW
45. The City Holds Its Breath
46. The Knife Behind the Applause
47. The Knife
48. Frame or Fire
49. When the Frame Falls
50. Gilt and Gravity
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