I'm the serial killer's next target
Detective Quinn Hale has seen her share of clean murders. But the moment she steps into Victor Blackwood’s study, she knows this case is different.
Because this one is meant for her.
As more bodies surface across different cities, the pattern becomes impossible to ignore. The victims have nothing in common until Quinn digs deeper and finds the one connection that changes everything.
Now, with a chaotic but brilliant profiler, Damian, constantly pushing her limits, and her composed, unreadable boss Mark watching every move, Quinn is forced to confront a truth she’s been avoiding.
This isn’t just a case she’s solving, it’s a message.
And as the past begins to resurface piece by piece, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear-
The killer isn’t just watching her, they’re waiting for her.
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Chapter: MayaThe apartment seemed to hold its breath.Nobody spoke after Adrian's words. Quinn could hear the faint hum of the refrigerator in the kitchen, the distant sound of rainwater dripping from the balcony railing, and her own pulse beating steadily in her ears.The woman outside shifted slightly."Hello?" she called again, sounding uncertain now. "I really don't want to keep knocking if I've got the wrong place."Adrian remained frozen. Quinn had seen witnesses panic before. She had seen suspects panic. She had even seen hardened detectives panic.This was different, this looked like someone confronting a ghost. Damian noticed it too. His gaze stayed fixed on Adrian while his body subtly positioned itself closer to Quinn, a habit he seemed to have developed without realizing it."You're sure?" Quinn asked quietly."I'd know that voice anywhere." Adrian muttered.The answer did not make Quinn feel better.Because according to everything Adrian had told them, the girl from graduation night w
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Chapter: Adrian's Flashback (Part 3)"What if that's the person who moved the body?"Nobody spoke for several seconds... The question seemed to settle over the room like a storm cloud. Quinn looked down at the photograph again: The torn corner, the missing face and the one person nobody could identify.The one person somehow connected to Victor, Adrian, Mark, and apparently a body that had vanished into thin air."That's impossible," Ethan said finally.Adrian looked at him."Why?""Because you're talking about one person moving a body during a storm while dozens of students were nearby.""Nobody was nearby," Adrian replied immediately. "The power outage sent everyone inside."Damian crossed his arms."Actually, that's the first thing tonight that makes sense." Everyone looked toward him.Damian walked over to the photograph and picked it up carefully. "If somebody wanted to hide a death, a power outage would be the perfect opportunity."He pointed toward the torn section. "And whoever removed this face knew exactly what
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Chapter: Adrian's Flashback (Part 2)"Why are there photographs of you from graduation night standing next to the body?"Mark's words echoed through Quinn's head. For a second, nobody in the room spoke."What body?" Quinn asked immediately. But the line had already gone silent."Mark?" she said sharply. "Mark?" The call disconnected.Damian was already on his feet. "What happened?"Quinn lowered the phone slowly. "The camera."Adrian looked up instantly. "The disposable camera?"Quinn nodded. "Mark developed it."Nobody liked the expression on her face."And?""He said there are photographs of me standing next to the body."The room exploded with questions."What body?""That's impossible.""What photographs?"But Quinn wasn't listening anymore, because Adrian was staring at her and suddenly he looked pale."Adrian." His eyes lifted."You saw a body behind the gym." He nodded."And now there's a photograph." Another nod.Quinn took a slow breath. "Continue."The room quieted immediately. Adrian looked down at his hands..
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Chapter: Adrian's Flashback (Part 1)The room remained silent after Adrian's last words. Outside, rain continued falling against the windows while thunder rolled somewhere far away. Quinn couldn't stop staring at him."If Mark wasn't dead..." she said slowly, "then who was?"Adrian looked away."I don't know.""You expect us to believe that?" Quinn asked."I'm telling the truth."Damian watched him carefully. The problem was Adrian looked sincere, terrified, even, which somehow made everything worse. Elena folded her arms. "Start from the beginning."Adrian sighed heavily, then he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes for a moment."When I heard them arguing, I followed the voices."The apartment faded away, and suddenly Adrian was eighteen again. Graduation night had been loud, students crowded every hallway, music blasted from the gym speakers.Teachers pretended they still had authority while everybody ignored them. Adrian remembered seeing Quinn earlier that evening. She had been standing near Elena and Rhea o
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Chapter: Adrian pt2Quinn stared at the photograph for several long seconds and the people in it. "Victor Blackwood, Adrian and... Mark?! My boss?! THE FUCK?!The three men stood together near a stage decorated with white flowers, all of them younger, smiling at something outside the frame.Her pulse quickened. "Elena, I'm asking Adrian directly. Please don't stop me.""Obviously not. I'll join you." Elena added."That's my friend." Quinn proudly patted her back and they both rushed back to the dining room."You never told me you knew Mark." Quinn looked staright at Adrian.The voice made him look up from across the room. Everyone else immediately sensed the shift. Ethan stopped mid-conversation. Even Damian straightened slightly from where he had been leaning against the doorway.Quinn stepped forward and placed the photograph on the table. Adrian's expression changed the second he saw it."Where did you get this?""Answer my question first."The room fell silent. Adrian exhaled slowly before pulling ou
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Chapter: Adrian“Why can’t I remember anything clearly...?” Quinn whispered.Nobody answered immediately.The rain outside filled the silence instead, soft against the windows while the low music continued somewhere in the apartment. Elena looked down at her wine glass like she regretted bringing any of this up at all.Then Damian’s hand brushed lightly against Quinn’s knee beneath the table. Quinn hated how much the touch steadied her lately.“You were under a lot of stress back then,” Elena said quietly after a moment. “After graduation everything happened so fast. You left the city almost immediately, your mom was dealing with everything at home, and you...” She hesitated slightly. “You stopped talking to almost everyone.”Quinn frowned faintly. “That still doesn’t explain missing memories.”“Actually,” Damian spoke calmly beside her, “it kind of does.”Everyone looked toward him.He leaned back slightly in his chair, his expression softer now that he had shifted into profiler mode again. “Trauma
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The Midnight Hotel
After catching her boyfriend in bed with two women, struggling horror writer Winona Hart thinks the universe has officially hit rock bottom. Then a mysterious invitation changes everything.
The Midnight Project promises fame, money, and the opportunity of a lifetime: an exclusive fully-paid reality experience for selected rising creators. Writers, actors, gamers, influencers—only a handful are invited to the luxurious Midnight Hotel hidden deep within the mountains.
At first, it feels like the perfect distraction from her ruined relationship.
Until the first contestant dies.
Then comes the terrifying truth: nobody can leave the hotel, every floor hides a deadly game, and when midnight strikes, time resets all over again.
Trapped inside endless lethal loops with a group of dangerously attractive strangers, Winona must survive horrifying creatures, twisted rules, and betrayals that grow darker with every reset. But the deeper she falls into the hotel’s secrets, the more she realizes one thing...
The Midnight Hotel did not choose its guests randomly.
And the calm, mysterious man who keeps saving her may know exactly why she was invited.
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Chapter: 24: The Guest RegisterWinona stared at the photograph for several long seconds before looking at the date again.October 18, 2017.The picture had clearly been taken a year after the one shown in the dining hall. Adrian stood near the reception desk. Ava was laughing with Monica. Liam appeared to be arguing with someone in the background. Every contestant was present.Except her."That's not possible," she said quietly.Adrian stepped closer to examine the frame. Unlike the previous photograph, this one didn't look edited. There were no strange distortions, missing shadows, or blurred edges. It simply looked like a normal picture taken during a normal day."You were definitely in the first one," he said."And now I'm gone."Winona reached for the frame and noticed something unusual. A folded piece of paper had been wedged behind it. It was hidden well enough that nobody would have seen it unless the photograph had been tilted."Wait."She carefully pulled it. The paper looked old and yellowed around the ed
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Chapter: 23: The Missing FaceTh room was silent for several seconds.Every contestant was staring at the television screen, where the photograph remained frozen in place. The image itself had not changed, but Adrian's face was gone. "Okay," Ava said carefully, "I would like to formally announce that I hate this place.""Seconded," Monica replied.Liam had already moved closer to the screen. His eyes darted across the photograph as if he expected the answer to reveal itself if he stared hard enough."That's impossible," he said quietly."Which part?" Julian asked."The part where a photograph changes in real time."Moira folded her arms. "We've already accepted ghosts, murder games, and possible time loops. Let's not draw the line at Photoshop."Adrian remained standing beside the table, looking more unsettled than Winona had ever seen him. Until now, he had always seemed one step ahead of everyone else. Even when he admitted he didn't remember something, there had been a sense that he understood more than the re
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Chapter: 22: The PhotographWinona woke up feeling far more rested than she should have after spending the previous day discovering a corpse, surviving a fire, and kissing a man who claimed to remember alternate timelines.For a few blissful seconds she lay in bed staring at the ceiling, pretending she was in a normal hotel on a normal writing retreat. Then reality returned and ruined everything.Her phone buzzed on the nightstand.AVA: Breakfast. Now. If this hotel plans to traumatize us again today, I'd like to experience it with pancakes.Winona snorted and climbed out of bed.The dining hall was already crowded when she arrived. Ava had collected enough food to feed a small village, Monica was taking photographs of her breakfast from several artistic angles, and Julian was attempting to charm a waitress who looked seconds away from reporting him to management.Near the windows, Moira and Liam were discussing theories over coffee while Iris listened quietly. Adrian sat alone at a nearby table, and the moment
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Chapter: 21: One Good ThingThe moment the suite door unlocked, Ava rushed into the hallway coughing dramatically. “I am officially retiring from mystery solving. Rich people can die without me from now on.”Despite everything, Winona laughed. The sound surprised even her. Maybe because laughing felt strange after seeing a dead body hidden inside a wardrobe.Liam walked beside them quietly while still deep in thought. “Daniel definitely knew something before he died. That note wasn’t random.”“Nothing in this hotel is random,” Adrian said.When they returned downstairs, the others immediately noticed something was wrong.Moira stood first. “You found him.”It was not a question. Winona nodded slowly. “Daniel’s dead.”The room fell silent after that. Even Julian stopped making jokes.The television screen above the bar flickered alive one final time.[ROUND TWO COMPLETED.]Nobody reacted.[Contestants may now rest until tomorrow morning.]Then the screen shut off. Just like that. No creepy countdowns, no punishme
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Chapter: 20: The BodyThe flames spread across the suite unnaturally fast. Smoke curled across the ceiling while burning papers drifted through the air, and the heat inside the room kept rising every second.Ava stared at the television in disbelief. “Survive what exactly?! The fire or the challenge?”Liam looked toward the locked door sharply. “What if the hotel got angry because we were close to finding Daniel?”Nobody answered immediately, but the idea made sense.Liam continued quickly, “Think about it. We searched classified files, and suddenly we get trapped inside the room. What if Daniel’s body is nearby? What if we already found the truth without realizing it?”Adrian frowned while staring at the flames climbing the curtains. “I definitely don’t remember this part happening before.”“So the loop changed,” Winona said instantly.The timer on the screen continued counting down.04:28Winona forced herself to focus. “Okay. We panic later! Right now we need to put this fire out.”Ava looked horrified.
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Chapter: 19: AccusationsAva stared at the television screen showing Adrian entering Room 217 before slowly turning toward him with narrowed eyes.“Okay,” she said carefully, “please tell me you’re not secretly the creepy hotel owner.”“I’m not.”“But you hid your file.”“I didn’t.”Liam looked unconvinced. “Then why was your profile the only one missing?”The tension inside the room rose immediately after that. Even Winona could feel it now. For the first time since arriving at the hotel, suspicion had entered their group properly.Adrian exhaled slowly while running a hand through his hair. “Look, I know how this looks.”“It looks extremely serial killer-ish,” Ava glared at him.“But I didn’t hide anything,” Adrian continued firmly. “Last night, after I heard the scream, I came here because I wanted to check if the game was repeating the same way as before.”Liam frowned. “What do you mean?”“In the last loop, we searched this room too.” Adrian continued. “I thought maybe if I reached Daniel faster this tim
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