- Page 3 and 4:
Haunting Adeline Copyright © 2021
- Page 5 and 6:
PlaylistHish- EvilSo Below- SwayBoy
- Page 7 and 8:
the subject, but I did take great c
- Page 9 and 10:
Ripping my eyes away from the windo
- Page 11 and 12:
If it’s not one thing, it’s the
- Page 13 and 14:
I’m deep in my musings when my ey
- Page 15 and 16:
I press my thumb into the up arrow
- Page 17 and 18:
before. The hairs on the back of my
- Page 19 and 20:
Her sage green eyes are illuminated
- Page 21 and 22:
“Let’s take this to the bedroom
- Page 23:
the rest of his clothes are s ll th
- Page 26 and 27:
loca ons that won’t allow the fuc
- Page 28 and 29:
Par cularly about computer science
- Page 30:
everybody if I were short.A tall, w
- Page 33 and 34:
I wince from the feel of the hair-l
- Page 35 and 36:
If Genevieve Parsons is as wild as
- Page 37 and 38:
Le ng out a shaky breath, I pluck t
- Page 39:
my front door. And I mean, like har
- Page 42 and 43:
“Make it extra strong. I’m goin
- Page 44 and 45:
rented a dumpster, and we loaded th
- Page 46:
“I will,” I lie. She leaves wit
- Page 49 and 50:
When I was younger, Nana refused to
- Page 51 and 52:
“You need me to call anyone?”I
- Page 53 and 54:
painted on her thin lips, and icy b
- Page 55 and 56:
Being a real estate agent pays well
- Page 57:
The bed is no more, having bought m
- Page 60 and 61:
But I couldn’t be both a hacker a
- Page 62 and 63:
Right as I ready up again, one guy
- Page 64 and 65:
that pisses him off more.I sigh. Wi
- Page 66 and 67:
While Jay kept tabs, I allowed myse
- Page 68 and 69:
I help Sicily navigate through the
- Page 70 and 71:
The walls and floor are smooth blac
- Page 72 and 73:
But not before I shoot Daya a narro
- Page 74 and 75:
My phone buzzes as soon as my ass h
- Page 76:
“Do you want to leave?” he murm
- Page 79 and 80:
But the most notable part is direct
- Page 81 and 82:
“Fuck, baby, that’s it. Let me
- Page 83 and 84:
close to pissing my pants from the
- Page 85 and 86:
Red and blue lights brighten the wo
- Page 87 and 88:
look into you, but when they don’
- Page 90 and 91:
Chapter 9The Shadow’ve commi ed h
- Page 92 and 93:
Come get me, Archie.He hesitates on
- Page 94 and 95:
I pull into the driveway leading in
- Page 96 and 97:
looks as if he went five rounds in
- Page 98 and 99:
Cracking my neck, I take another de
- Page 101 and 102:
Chapter 10The Manipulatorave you he
- Page 103 and 104:
He waves a hand in acknowledgment b
- Page 105 and 106:
“I don’t know what to do, Daya,
- Page 107 and 108:
“Honestly, Daya, I’m a li le re
- Page 109 and 110:
I aim for it, sliding the door open
- Page 111 and 112:
due to insufficient evidence.A lot
- Page 113 and 114:
This was undoubtedly a crime of pas
- Page 115:
I find myself curling deeper into t
- Page 118 and 119:
Another flash of movement causes me
- Page 120 and 121:
fear. But also from something else.
- Page 122 and 123:
My strangled scream pierces the air
- Page 124 and 125:
I roll my eyes. “Because I manipu
- Page 126 and 127:
“Addie, he could s ll be here. We
- Page 129 and 130:
Chapter 12The Shadowhere’s anothe
- Page 131 and 132:
ones aren’t iden fiable. I imagin
- Page 133 and 134:
But no one is there, despite the pe
- Page 135:
The video restarts. I snarl, the cr
- Page 138 and 139:
Rushing over, I grab the swinging s
- Page 140 and 141:
Switching to the other note, it tak
- Page 142 and 143:
I li my hand and flip him the bird.
- Page 144 and 145:
It’s not un l a er I take a hot s
- Page 146 and 147:
in the world to happen—my body is
- Page 149 and 150:
Chapter 14The Manipulatoraya put so
- Page 151 and 152:
They treat it like a concert to avo
- Page 153 and 154:
release a shaky breath.I have a cho
- Page 156 and 157:
Chapter 15The Manipulator’m compl
- Page 158 and 159: I gasp, my eyes widening and snappi
- Page 160 and 161: “Mm,” he growls in delight. “
- Page 162 and 163: the hallway I came from.I bolt thro
- Page 164 and 165: the balls for it, but I couldn’t
- Page 166: Above him, the stars are twinkling
- Page 169 and 170: “Do you know what these mean?”
- Page 171 and 172: seeing. What I’m feeling.Slowly,
- Page 173 and 174: rips through me.I’m screaming. I
- Page 175 and 176: I can never let Daya see those mark
- Page 177 and 178: “No,” I say finally, refraining
- Page 179: “They’re going to be a problem,
- Page 182 and 183: She doesn’t know I’m hiding in
- Page 184 and 185: me she gets scared, my li le mouse
- Page 186 and 187: Chapter 18The ManipulatorNKNOWN: Yo
- Page 188 and 189: The phone lights up with an incomin
- Page 190 and 191: As if I wasn’t already burning up
- Page 192 and 193: “Fuck. Off!” I shout, enuncia n
- Page 194 and 195: But the tape doesn’t mask the sou
- Page 196 and 197: Gently, he scrapes his teeth over t
- Page 198 and 199: My eyes close against the sensa on,
- Page 200 and 201: Being consumed by him feels like dr
- Page 203 and 204: Chapter 19The Shadowdon’t regret
- Page 205 and 206: Sighing again, I pluck the pack of
- Page 207: Addie’s great-grandmother could
- Page 211 and 212: are ever taken seriously anyways, w
- Page 213 and 214: Immediately, he dives for cover, pu
- Page 215 and 216: exactly alike when laid on their de
- Page 217 and 218: I enter into what looks like a foye
- Page 219 and 220: While Mark was burning his cigar on
- Page 221 and 222: Addie won’t ever have to worry ab
- Page 223 and 224: wary, and then resigned. Tears line
- Page 226 and 227: Chapter 21The Manipulator’m stewi
- Page 228 and 229: about the gun incident. I don’t t
- Page 230 and 231: Maybe I just want to be able to say
- Page 232 and 233: My world spins as I stumble up the
- Page 234 and 235: And then I climb up on the bed, in
- Page 236 and 237: I’ll never tell him how glorious
- Page 238 and 239: When the last bit of cum drops from
- Page 241 and 242: Chapter 22The Shadowy li le mouse d
- Page 243 and 244: As Mark drones on about some bill h
- Page 245 and 246: “S’all good,” I say calmly, s
- Page 247 and 248: Addie shakes her head, closing her
- Page 249 and 250: “Oh, I know that case!” Mark ex
- Page 251 and 252: Sighing, I push out of my chair and
- Page 253 and 254: wild with hunger. I’m ravenous an
- Page 255 and 256: I frown. “What makes you think he
- Page 257 and 258: Zade picks me up in a classic Musta
- Page 259 and 260:
“The hell are you doing, Zade?”
- Page 261 and 262:
I glare up at him, tears s ll linin
- Page 263 and 264:
Oh, what a fine gentleman you’re
- Page 265 and 266:
Ugh. The arrogance.His face turns s
- Page 268 and 269:
Chapter 24The Manipulators there an
- Page 270 and 271:
downright boring.The inside is even
- Page 272 and 273:
another senator. I guess the story
- Page 275 and 276:
Chapter 25The Shadowf I spend anoth
- Page 277 and 278:
The girl gets off on fear. The mome
- Page 279 and 280:
“If you were my li le girl, I wou
- Page 281 and 282:
I groan, the feel of her ass diggin
- Page 283 and 284:
Releasing her face, my hand dri s t
- Page 285 and 286:
Chapter 26The Manipulator’m seeth
- Page 287 and 288:
if I had to guess on what type of m
- Page 289 and 290:
"Now, of course, when my father tol
- Page 291 and 292:
told John he didn’t give a shit w
- Page 293 and 294:
I open my mouth, ready to pry, but
- Page 295 and 296:
“Because you’re not listening.
- Page 297 and 298:
"You trauma zed me."He leans down a
- Page 299 and 300:
“Or what?” he challenges. I sig
- Page 302 and 303:
Chapter 27The Manipulator’m just
- Page 304 and 305:
worse and probably end up leaving.
- Page 306 and 307:
me. He makes it a point to stay on
- Page 308 and 309:
My phone vibrates in my hand, and I
- Page 310 and 311:
“How did you even come into conta
- Page 312 and 313:
preparing for it.“He hasn’t sai
- Page 314 and 315:
“How can you even choose?” Daya
- Page 316 and 317:
more minutes to come up to the fron
- Page 320 and 321:
Chapter 28The Shadowucking imbecile
- Page 322 and 323:
“Loca on?” Jay asks, keyboard c
- Page 324 and 325:
Walking into this house feels like
- Page 326 and 327:
not en rely wrong. Except I’m onl
- Page 328 and 329:
Mark tries to brush off my story wi
- Page 330 and 331:
Con nuing on my wayward path, I con
- Page 332 and 333:
A er a few minutes, I’m out of br
- Page 334 and 335:
Another growl pings through my mout
- Page 336 and 337:
took it all the way, and every mors
- Page 338 and 339:
“You’d be okay with other peopl
- Page 340 and 341:
When I brush my finger ps over them
- Page 342 and 343:
“You like being a bad li le girl,
- Page 344 and 345:
“Zade, please,” I whimper, my v
- Page 346 and 347:
him sliding in and out between my f
- Page 348 and 349:
“You motherfucking ass—”He in
- Page 350 and 351:
She takes a deep, calming breath.
- Page 352 and 353:
Chapter 31The Shadowhat took you so
- Page 354 and 355:
“You uh, told them to stay down t
- Page 356 and 357:
The air whistles, my only indica on
- Page 358 and 359:
“You can only access it through a
- Page 360 and 361:
He admits he’s never seen their f
- Page 362 and 363:
Sibby is s ll too blind with bloodl
- Page 364 and 365:
He was a rich man who came from old
- Page 366 and 367:
Now I just have to figure out how t
- Page 368 and 369:
Savior’s looks like the type of c
- Page 370 and 371:
Dan and I mingle for the next sever
- Page 372 and 373:
Interes ng that they believe they c
- Page 374 and 375:
four government poli cians.This isn
- Page 376 and 377:
His hand ghtens further while my br
- Page 378 and 379:
from every spot that our skin clash
- Page 380 and 381:
so flesh digging into my teeth prod
- Page 382 and 383:
My lip wobbles, and all of the figh
- Page 384 and 385:
beneath his lashing tongue.My back
- Page 386 and 387:
delivers a sharp slap straight on m
- Page 388 and 389:
I’m readying to ask… I don’t
- Page 390 and 391:
it’s only grown with the weight o
- Page 392 and 393:
connected lips. Without thought, I
- Page 394 and 395:
My eyes roll as his tongue laps up
- Page 396 and 397:
With this new angle, he hits that p
- Page 399 and 400:
Chapter 35The Shadowhe’s nervous.
- Page 401 and 402:
This me I do smile, and the dila on
- Page 403 and 404:
her world, and she’s grasping for
- Page 405 and 406:
my jaw and trying to regain the com
- Page 407 and 408:
here.But I know we’re both incred
- Page 409 and 410:
I laugh, catching Daya by her arm b
- Page 411 and 412:
Chapter 36The Manipulatorlook down
- Page 413 and 414:
“But knowing that Z is your stalk
- Page 415 and 416:
along with a weathered note.Daya an
- Page 417 and 418:
The man has his hand res ng high up
- Page 419 and 420:
I bounce the beam of light around i
- Page 422 and 423:
Chapter 37The Shadowhere’s nothin
- Page 424 and 425:
My head spins as I try to figure ou
- Page 426 and 427:
My tone suggests that Jay keep his
- Page 428 and 429:
He stares at the pain ng with pride
- Page 430 and 431:
Chapter 38The Manipulatorll the inf
- Page 432 and 433:
Daya whips around, grabbing the bo
- Page 434 and 435:
I nod, a frown marring my features.
- Page 436 and 437:
impossible. Especially when he arch
- Page 438 and 439:
Chapter 39The Shadowou eat meat raw
- Page 440 and 441:
from my angle, but I don’t need t
- Page 442 and 443:
The cool air is a balm to my heated
- Page 444 and 445:
I laugh quietly, even as he jerks b
- Page 446 and 447:
Her eyes flu er, and I watch as she
- Page 448 and 449:
“Addie,” I snarl through clench
- Page 450 and 451:
And then I’m driving into her ght
- Page 452 and 453:
I li my hand, gently swiping a lock
- Page 454 and 455:
I walk directly into the main area,
- Page 456 and 457:
The whiskey in my stomach sours.Swa
- Page 458 and 459:
approach the altar.I stare at the l
- Page 460 and 461:
That was the trigger. The en re roo
- Page 462 and 463:
“Zade, dude, are you okay?” Pan
- Page 464 and 465:
Surprisingly, Mom doesn't have a sn
- Page 466 and 467:
My phone buzzes again, aler ng me t
- Page 468:
scream, pain lancing down my neck a
- Page 471 and 472:
For My ReadersWhatever this book ma
- Page 473 and 474:
AcknowledgmentsI feel like I have s
- Page 475:
About The AuthorH. D. Carlton grew