Chapter 37: Confrontation  HER   Looking through the window, I saw one of my worst nightmares come true: the monster, I had been hunting for more years than I wanted to remember, was in the same room as my love....  Chapter 38: Awakening  HER  Healing from my grueling ordeal at my love’s house a week ago, I watched the news, waiting for the ruling on his death.... 

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Chapter 34: Anticipation   HIM  I arrived at my home in the woods with gleeful anticipation.  About a half hour into my trip, I had received a call from my man informing me they had lost her somewhere in town....   Chapter 35: Determination   HER   Driving along the dirt road toward the house, I turned on the car’s GPS in order to figure out how close I was to it....     Chapter 36: Interruption   HIM  Sharp blade in my hand, I cut into the doctor’s leg yet again.   I heard his cry of pain....  

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Chapter 32: Capture   HIM   Don’t ask me why, but for some reason I thought getting hold of her would be the easiest part of the whole plan....   Chapter 33: The Message   HER   Going through the money that was in my wallet, I saw that I only had about fifty dollars....   

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Part Three: Him and Her   Chapter 30: Quiet Time   HER  As I finally began to map out how he chose his victims, I learned exactly what kind of mastermind he actually was.  His choices were not random....     Chapter 31: Escape   HER   Driving late at night down a fairly empty road on my way to the detective agency, I didn’t notice the cars until they’d been following me for quite a few blocks....   

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Chapter 28: An Appointment With Death  The second I entered the room I noticed how bright it was. That made me smile again. My men had carried out my orders to the tee. I had wanted it nice and bright as I conversed with her. I knew it would confuse and disorient her....   Chapter 29: Twist in the Plan   It took me a while to finish my torture session with her, but I finally did....  

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Chapter 26: The Transitional Period   I watched her closely after the fire. I was curious to see what exactly her actions would be....   Chapter 27: Preparations   After she got back into town, I watched the abrupt change in her manner toward me....  

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Chapter 25: Knowledge Put Into Action  From my wedding day onward, my life became more exciting.  I now knew who it was that had figured out my little secret and my new goal was to learn everything I could about her.... 

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Chapter 24: Acquiring Knowledge   As these many years passed, I had gotten into a good rhythm in my life. I finally joined a practice with a team of psychologists....  

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Chapter 21: Failure and Its Price   As you have seen so far, I am a fairly tolerant person....  Chapter 22: Graduation   Graduation. This had to have been the best word ever created. So much meaning was able to be packed in such a small word....  Chapter 23: Training   The summer after graduation was one of my happiest times of my life. I relaxed, did absolutely nothing, and hung out with my followers and my girlfriend....  

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Chapter 19: The Unfortunate Death   January left me with a heart broken in two....    Chapter 20: The First Murder  At the approach of summer, I suddenly realized that most of my followers would be leaving town....  

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Part Two: Him   Chapter 18: Before   Life before my best friend’s death was wonderfully normal. Wait, did I say wonderfully? I meant to say mind-numbing normal. After his death, though, life became exciting.... 

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Chapter 16: In Sheltering Arms   I don’t remember anything about my first night at the doctor’s house.  After my day of torture and the day of walking, I had nothing left in me.  I had given everything I had to get to safety....   Chapter 17: The Eureka Moment   Newly spurred on to find the key that would allow me to awaken from this endless nightmare, I redoubled my search for a mistake....  

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Chapter 15: Walking to Civilization   The small break allotted to me made the subsequent pain worse than before.  I could tell he gloried in my agony. He wanted every ounce of satisfaction out of this confrontation as humanly possible.... 

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Chapter 14: An Appointment With Death   Peacefulness. That’s the first thing I remember feeling.  A profound sense of peace and rightness with the world. Here there were no killers, no minions, no unending hunt....  

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Chapter 13: The Search   The weeks of silently daring him ended one dark summer night.  I’ll start off by admitting that I got careless.  Well, maybe careless isn’t the right word....   

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It all started when his best friend died. His eyes turned cold and whatever soul he’d had disappeared. I thought I was going crazy until the first body turned up. Then there was another, and another. The bodies piled up and nobody noticed. Since that fateful day, my life has been a… …Nightmare. First Serialized on Colbyjack.net.

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