A Message from the Dead Changes Everything…
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He’s dead. Or someone really wants her to think he isn’t.
Three weeks after Sloane’s boyfriend falls to his death during a solo hike, she’s still drowning in grief—until she gets a message from his number.
“I’m sorry. I love you more than you know.”
It sounds like Theo. It reads like Theo. But it can’t be Theo… can it?
As Sloane spirals down a dark rabbit hole of surveillance photos, missing records, and contradictions no one else seems to notice, a terrifying pattern emerges: the man she loved might not have been who he claimed to be. And the person texting her now—whether he’s alive, a stranger, or something else entirely—knows far too much about her life.
There’s only one way to find out the truth: follow the messages. But the truth isn’t the end of the story. It’s the beginning of the nightmare.
About the Author
Ria Vargas
Ria Vargas writes twisty, slow-burn horror and suspense about the terrifying things we think we know—about others, about the world, and about ourselves. Her stories often begin with loss, grief, or love… and end somewhere much darker.
She’s fascinated by the quiet unraveling of trust, the way technology distorts our reality, and how fear doesn’t always come from what’s lurking in the dark—it comes from what’s already in your head.
When she’s not writing, she’s reading true crime, obsessing over unsolved mysteries, and wondering how long it would take someone to notice if they were being watched. Ria writes under a pen name and currently lives somewhere quiet with too many half-filled notebooks and an emergency flashlight by the bed.
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