Chapter 20 The Magic Night

• The magic night
• In Peter Fletcher's apartment, Allyson stirred awake, the events of the night before swirling in her mind like fragments of a surreal dream. She quietly returned to her room, her heart pounding as she tried to make sense of it all. It felt impossible, absurd even, to believe that her boss—a man she’d known as a commanding yet distant figure—was something beyond human.
• Her mind replayed Elin's venomous words, echoing like a curse: