TEXT - Just finished!
- darkmatterauthorin
- Mar 6
- 2 min read
Now complete - TEXT
Avril Lemieux thought the first text was a joke. Clever. Observant. Almost flattering. Someone from her Fine Art course, surely.
But the messages keep coming.Always at the exact moment she needs them.Always from someone who seems to know exactly where she is.
At first the texts feel protective.
Then certain men on campus begin to disappear.
A lecturer forced out after a scandal.A student suddenly gone without explanation.Quiet rumours that someone is dealing with the university’s worst secrets.
Avril’s mysterious correspondent insists she has nothing to fear.He tells her he’s simply keeping her safe.
Then the bodies start appearing.
Displayed like works of art, each accompanied by a note condemning the cruelty of rumours and lies. Panic spreads across campus as the police begin questioning everyone connected to the victims.
The vigilante protecting Avril.The killer exposing the damage gossip can do.
Two very different kinds of justice are unfolding in the shadows.
And Avril is caught directly between them.
Because the more she learns about the man behind the messages, the more impossible it becomes to decide what he truly is.
A protector.A monster.Or the one person who understands her completely.
And when the truth finally comes out, Avril will have to answer the most dangerous question of all.
When someone is willing to kill to keep you safe…what do you owe them in return?
A standalone story set in The Widow's universe.
Text is a dark romance that interrogates the psychology of devotion taken to its extreme. It explores coercive love, territorial protection, and the allure of being someone’s singular focus. At its core lies a disturbing question: when someone would do anything for you, what are you responsible for in return?
Content Warning: Stalking and obsessive romantic behaviour; coercive control; references to sexual assault and predatory conduct; on-page violence; psychological manipulation; possessive relationship dynamics.
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