The Forgotten Ones
Andrea Bills
Publication date: May 6th 2019
Genres: Adult, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
From the iBooks Bestselling Author of Hardwired comes
One small town.
One lost love.
One killer.
Agent Caitlin Cade is called back to her hometown by a serial killer. Sheโs avoided the town for six years, trying to create a new life away from the painful memories of the sudden passing of her father and a love lost.
Dean Campbell was given a mission that forced him to walk away from the only woman he had ever loved. Just as his mission is over and he can return to her news reaches him that a serial killer has Caitlin caught in a deadly game.
Can Dean handle not being the one in control in order to show Caitlin heโs back for good? Can Caitlin not only face her past but also a killer who always seems two steps ahead of her? As a game of chess plays out using human bodies, secrets and lies come to see the light of day for the first time.
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EXCERPT:
All the Gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you. โJoseph Campbell
โHave you ever heard the saying; โonly the forgotten are deadโ?โ
The young girl shook her head. Tears welled up in her eyes, but they hadnโt fallen yet. This one was tough. She was fighting the terror that was undoubtedly coursing through her body. There was no point in fighting it; her death was inevitable.
โSee, I will kill you, but if I remember you, then itโs like youโre not even dead.โ
A whimper escaped from the girl. She wasnโt the first one to die, and she wouldnโt be the last. She would be the first to send a message, so her body would be the first one to be discovered unlike the others; the forgotten ones. Their bodies had been left to decay in their shallow graves never to be found. There was an added excitement knowing someone โ Agent Caitlin Cade more preciselyโ would be staring at this girlโs dead body in just a matter of hours.
โDonโt worry baby girl, you wonโt be one of them; one of the forgotten ones. Youโre going to be found.โ
A scream ripped through the room.
โI always like to talk during this next part. I donโt know why. The first few times I thought maybe it was just what was left of my humanity reaching out to offer comfort in the final minutes of their lives, but thatโs not it. I havenโt had humanity in years.โ
The knife sliced through the air, and the first cut into flesh vibrated to the depths of the killerโs soul. The feeling was orgasmic. Another cut and then another. The smell of fresh blood wafted through the room permeating every single crack and crevice. The beautiful scream that ripped from the girlโs throat was the icing on the cake. Over and over the knife cut into her flesh.
โI saw a therapist once, and she told me that my mind was like a disease. Can you believe that? Someone who went into the business of helping people told me that.โ
The girlโs body was lifeless now. There was no point in checking for a pulse. Still, the desire to feel the knife tear through her flesh was uncontrollable. That was the problem with the urges. They were impossible to control. Blood sang a song like the sirens from the old tales, and there was no refusing the call.
โI already knew my mind was diseased, and Iโm not going to stop until Iโve infected everyone.โ
If only walls could talk, these walls would tell some very horrific stories. Stories that were filled with screams, begging and pleading, but never salvation. This room had never seen salvation.
Author Bio:
Andrea is a wife, mother and writer from small town West Virginia. She spends her time while she’s not dreaming up lovers and villains alike chasing after her two kids and husband.
Her overactive imagination and her husband’s wacky dreams attribute to her love of the written word. Guilty pleasures include reading all night and Reese Cups.
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That excerpt was freaking awesome!
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Chilling!
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I bought books one and two.
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Staci, YAY! I hope you enjoy!
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Loved this. This is right in my wheelhouse.
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I love a good thriller, too. Might have to buy this one ๐
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Thank you ๐
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This sounds very exciting.
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Especially the way he casually talks to her as he’s getting ready to slice and dice- crazy!
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Thank you Roberta ๐
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