The truth was supposed to provide relief.
But her survival might only be the beginning.
Six months after exposing the therapist who manipulated her for years, Elena Drake is trying to rebuild. She has a support system, a careful routine, and someone she trusts completely—the one person who carried her through the worst of it and never wavered.
Except everything she accepted as truth begins to crack. Again.
Emails she didn't send. Time she can't account for. Actions taken in her name that she doesn't remember. And questions about her mother's disappearance Elena never asked—but someone did.
She was told survival meant freedom. Only the manipulation didn't end. It changed shape.
Someone different is pulling the strings this time.
Not a danger out there—but one already closer than she realizes.
A continuation of Elena Drake's story, first introduced in The Perfect Patient. Can be read as a standalone.
Genre: Mystery
But her survival might only be the beginning.
Six months after exposing the therapist who manipulated her for years, Elena Drake is trying to rebuild. She has a support system, a careful routine, and someone she trusts completely—the one person who carried her through the worst of it and never wavered.
Except everything she accepted as truth begins to crack. Again.
Emails she didn't send. Time she can't account for. Actions taken in her name that she doesn't remember. And questions about her mother's disappearance Elena never asked—but someone did.
She was told survival meant freedom. Only the manipulation didn't end. It changed shape.
Someone different is pulling the strings this time.
Not a danger out there—but one already closer than she realizes.
A continuation of Elena Drake's story, first introduced in The Perfect Patient. Can be read as a standalone.
Genre: Mystery
Used availability for Paige Monroe's The Perfect Silence