Episode Three: Wrong Place to Be Brave

(Blaire POV)

Okay hi.

This is probably a bad idea but whatever.

My name’s Blaire. I’m twelve. I use they/them.

And tonight my dad let a violent stranger ruin our lives because she looked at him like she already owned him.

We were literally just at CiCi’s trying to eat dessert pizza.

Like normal people who are broke and emotionally unstable.

Then this woman — Remy — sits down at our table like she pays rent there.

Doesn’t introduce herself.

Doesn’t smile normal.

Just stares at everything like she’s deciding what to break first.

I knew immediately she was a problem.

Like the kind of adult you can’t report because technically they haven’t done anything yet but you can feel the future crimes vibrating off them.

Then the cops showed up.

Then the news started talking about a murder.

Then she told us to run.

And my dad did.

Which is honestly unforgivable.

Now we’re in a stolen semi truck.

There were sirens.

There was screaming.

There used to be a trailer attached to this truck. There is not anymore.

She says she killed a guy who hurt a kid.

Cool motive. Still don’t trust her.

She keeps trying to talk to me like we’re on the same team.

We are not on the same team.

She is the reason I might never sleep in my own bed again.

Also she keeps looking at my dad like she’s already planning where to put him.

I don’t like that.

I don’t like her.

And I definitely don’t like the part of me that keeps watching her anyway.

So yeah.

If this live cuts out it’s probably because we got arrested.

Or crashed.

Or she decided we’re expendable.

Honestly all three feel realistic.

Sydney Feron's Note

This is Episode Three of Killers Don’t Fall in Love, a 100,000-word dark romance thriller ebook.

This story contains morally grey characters, violence, crime, trauma, toxic relationships, and themes of survival, poverty, and obsession. This is not a sweet love story. This is a story about broken people making dangerous choices and finding connection in the worst possible circumstances.

Expect alternating POVs, high emotional stakes, found-family dynamics, and a fast-paced thriller plot that unfolds on back roads, in truck stops, and in places most people try not to look too closely at.

Welcome to the chaos.