There’s a method in his madness. Alaric is as brilliant as he is beautiful, and twice as deadly. He’s been watching me. Studying me. He’d planned to keep me long before I arrived on his doorstep. His chaotic world is now the prison I’m forced to call home. A place where nightmares and reality are indistinguishable. As I struggle to find some clarity in the lies and darkness that surround me, Alaric continues to manipulate from the shadows. . I’ve never hated anyone more. But he’s the one thing I’d happily die for. *Conclusion to Opaque Melodies. No cliffhanger.*