The Lie That Loved Me

Zara was never alone.

Not really. She told everyone she had a boyfriend. A perfect one. Gentle voice. Warm smile. Always there when the world became too heavy to carry. His name was Kade, and he understood her in ways no one else ever could. But Kade was not human.

And maybe he was never meant to be.
At first, he was just comfort. A voice she created in the silence. A lie that made lonely nights easier to survive. But the lie began to grow teeth. It started answering back when no one was speaking. Appearing in reflections that didn’t belong to him. Standing just out of sight when Zara turned too quickly.


People around her began to notice the change.
She wasn’t just talking about him anymore.
She was talking to him. And sometimes, she answered herself in two voices.

As Zara’s world slowly bends between reality and something far darker, she begins to realize a terrifying truth, If Kade isn’t real.
Then why does he know things she never told anyone?

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