CHAPTER 22: SHADOWS THAT FOLLOWS Vivian Harper had always trusted her instincts. It was what made her a good designer, her ability to sense when something was right, when something fit, when something worked. But now, those same instincts were telling her something far more unsettling: she was being watched. The feeling started the moment she stepped out of her apartment building that morning. It wasn’t obvious. There was no figure lurking in the shadows, no dramatic sign of danger. Just a subtle awareness, like a whisper at the edge of her mind. She brushed it off at first, attributing it to the stress of the past few days, the scandal, the investigation, Claire’s growing hostility. But as she walked down the street, she couldn’t shake the sensation that her movements were being tracke

