Chapter 13 – CELL 405
The Immunity Three weeks later, the State Supreme Court chamber is dead silent. I sit in the second…
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Chapter 12 – Cell 405
The Chamber The silence inside the execution chamber is cold, broken only by the hum of the air…
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Chapter 11 – CELL 405
The Interception The police cruiser accelerates down the dark, rural highway away from Blackwood Penitentiary. Rain slickens the…
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Chapter 10 – CELL 406
The Lockdown Forty-eight hours remain. The digital clock on my phone screen feels like a loaded gun pointed…
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Chapter 9 – CELL 405
The 96-Hour Clock – The Intimidation The clock is officially ticking. Ninety-six hours feels like ninety-six seconds when…
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CHAPTER 8 – CELL 405
The Transfer I pay Miller the ten thousand dollars in cash the next morning before first shift. I…
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Chapter 7 – Cell 405
The Bribed Feed I spend twenty minutes in my apartment walk-in closet picking out clothes for a prison…
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Chapter 6 -CELL 405
The Hit I drop my fork onto the plate with a loud clatter. My mom is still staring…
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Chapter 6: Target on the Vane
I panic as the red light dances across Simo’s tuxedo. “Simo, look!” I scream, but he is already…
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Chapter 6: The Profane Prayer
Vows are fragile and secrets are buried, but a hunger this deep
always finds its way to the surface. When Father Julian and Sister Clara trade
devotion for a forbidden obsession, will the price of their one taste be their very
lives?