Chapter 3 on Incognito Now Available!
The third chapter of Incognito, a new modern-day serial, is now available exclusively on Substack! Keep reading for more details and to access it, then check out today’s writing prompt.
CHAPTER 3 EXCERPTS:
The mind can be its own playground or prison, sometimes both, depending on one’s temporary perspective or circumstance. And mine was precarious at best upon my arrest.
Truth be told, I probably had more motive and opportunity than anyone else to kill…
Is there an axe-murderer behind that door? A psychopath? A pathetic incel with lewd wet dreams that will never come to life? A confused neighbor placed inside the crosshairs of some hacker kid playing a prank? A terrorist?
… But I can’t help it. All of a sudden nothing is more important than proving to him that I am not completely insane.
They’re claiming to trust me, but I’m not so sure about trusting them, whoever it is they are. So far, I’m leaning more toward not trusting them because their antics up to this point have made me feel nothing but exhausted and unhinged.
Who is he? Some kind of fancy spy villain or incognito agent? It really wouldn’t shock me all that much.
Right now, I might believe pretty much anything. That’s how undetached I’m becoming from reality and all the things happening to me.
…
His calm, spy-like demeanor. His field of expertise. His resources. His candor. His efficiency. How he hasn’t hesitated and seems to know exactly what to do. It’s all starting to add up.
“They’re nerdier, techier, and far less barbaric, obviously.”
Was this obvious?
He looks at me dead on, clearly affronted.
“I said he requested spyware, Tori, not that I ever install it. Others who work for him probably have, but I haven’t.”
His voice is thick and deep when he speaks again. “Tori, Incognito’s efforts have proved devastating in the past, even deadly. Whatever they’re up to is nothing to laugh at.”
His eyes temper a little when I compress my lips, but he remains dead serious.
“What they’re doing with you is signaling that they could be changing their M.O., and that what they’re planning to do next is bigger than anything they have ever done before.”
I was trying to remain as neutral as possible up to this point, to give Andy the benefit of the doubt, but the evidence before me is damning. There’s no denying that this is making her look like the phony Ezra’s article painted her to be.
“Another folder is ready,” he announces, then with a more somber tone adds, “and it literally has your name on it.”
Tori
Before I can tell him not to, he clicks on it.
Read the complete third chapter on Incognito now:
Please note that you will want to read Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 before you read Chapter 3.
In Chapter 1: There’s always more to the story…, you’ll meet Tori Daniels as you enter her riveting world of dubious plots and intrigue connected to Incognito and the affluent Lynch family, following the sudden death of her mentor Andy Lynch-Baezas …
Then in Chapter 2: What’s your first move? you’ll keep following Tori Daniels as she learns more about who she can trust in her new role at Lynch Global, uncovers secrets, and finds herself in a dicey situation she’ll have a hard time evading...
And in Chapter 3: Playground or prison?, you’ll be with Tori Daniels as she learns more about Incognito, and continues to uncover upsetting information about Andy and other key characters...
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