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Like that would stopme.

They were cute. Sweet. And completely, dangerouslystupid.

She has no idea how vulnerable she is.

How exposed.

But I do.

And that’s why I returned night after night, rain or fucking shine. That’s why I’m here right now.

To make sure her windows are locked. I flip the alarm switch myself if he roommate is on night shift and Ella forgets. I untangle the string when it knots up, replace the tape when it gets loose. I leave water out for her. Sometimes I even put her phone on the charger if she forgets.

She doesn’t know I’m doing it. Yet.

I also haven’t touched my girl yet. But she’ll know both soon enough.

She’ll know she’s not alone anymore.

Not on my watch. Not ever again.

Just as she’ll know that this deranged stalker plans to take a lot more. That the wave of obsession is about to crest.

And break all over her.

Whether she wants it to or not.

CHAPTER 3

S.t.a.l.k.e.r

There were nights when I could barely control myself when it came to my obsession with Ella.

Tonight was one of them.

Because tonight, the roommate’s boyfriend was sleeping over alone. Worse, she’s working a shift at the hospitalwhilehe’s there. Alone.

With my Ella.

I can’t move. I can barely blink in case I miss anything.

In case I need to step in. Because he’s a piece of shit. No, we’ve never met but I can clock assholes like him from a mile away. The way I used to spot a gnat on his from my sniper’s scope in Iraq.

Every cell in my body screams at me to get in there, put him down before he eventhinksabout trying anything.

But, my Ella has a soft heart.

She cares about her roommate, which means she probably cares about the boyfriend too. The last thing I want to do is break the bones of people she cares about.Unless absolutely necessary.

So I remain in my hiding place, two rows into the woods, between a mix of red cedars and sugar maples that crowd her back fence, their canopies thick and tangled. The kind of woods that look peaceful by day... and predatory by dusk. Perfect for hiding in plain sight. Perfect for watching without being seen.

I stared unblinking at him.

As long as he stays put, keeps fucking around with his phone, we won’t have a problem.

For his own sake I’m hoping he does the right th?—

I jerk upright when I see Ella drift into the living room.

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