Meet Merry.
She's on her third life, and really didn't choose it for herself. Buried back in her past, she experienced horrible things that no one should have to know about, much less live through. Right up there on the list? Merry's boyfriend. The love of her life. The man she intended to marry and have children with.
He was murdered right in front of her eyes, killed by corrupt police officers. His blood and guts got blown right into her eyes and mouth, then she had to watch him die right in front of her. Why? Because he was trying to do the right thing. Because he was trying his best to help set things right. Merry learned right then and there. Its true.
No good deed goes unpunished.
His last words to her? Changed her life. Forever.
Time does not, in fact, heal all wounds. Life isn't a greeting card. Ever since that fateful day came to pass? Merry's life took a weird turn. Its sometimes harsh, and almost always very strange.
Its years later now. And while life is most certainly no fairy tale for her, things have settled down. Just when she decides things are finally starting to look up a little, and she can plan on some measure of contentment that normal people get to enjoy? She gets a disturbing bit of very unwelcome news.
The man who shot her fiancee was killed seconds after he did it, but there was a conspiracy to commit his murder. Of two men charged in that conspiracy? One was convicted and went to state prison for years.
She gets the news he's just been released. Early.
Convicted felons like to believe they have a handle on what it means to be dangerous. Some of them, even like to prove it. Some of them think its fun to be the thing that goes bump in the night. The thing is, though. There are other things out there in the night, and some of them can and will bump back.
Merry learned her hard lessons years ago.
There are no rules.
There's just karma.
[Editor's note: This novel was originally published on the MoonQuillNovels.com WebNovel platform. The author (Tina Migarlo) has authorized release on Royal Road.]
Volume 1: Merry's Present
KinoMan Author
A very intriguing story about an FBI agent trying to find bqck herself after a tragedy that has symbolically ended her life. Very well written, with emphasis on the MC’s thoughts.