Hastings' Reckoning
Melissa Hastings is haunted by a web of secrets, the heaviest being her first: a daughter born out of wedlock years ago. Now, her hidden family—Wren and three-year-old Sade—are back in Rosewood, and their return coincides with shocking events: a house fire, a hospital scare for Sade and Spencer, and a terrifying text from the enigmatic 'A'. As Melissa navigates family drama, hidden truths, and the ever-present threat of A, she must confront her past and protect her family, including Spencer, who harbors a secret of her own.
The hum of the car engine was a low backdrop to the rising tension in the air.
Melissa Josephine Hastings stared out the window, the Rosewood landscape blurring past. Beside her, though out of sight in the driver's seat, was Wren. In the back, their daughter, Sade, was quiet, recovering from a cold.
Returning to Rosewood wasn't the plan, not like this, not with a sick child and a secret family. Not with the ever-present shadow of 'A' looming.
"Almost there," Wren said, his voice a steady anchor in the swirling anxiety in Melissa's gut.
Almost there. Back to the place where her secrets began, where they could unravel everything she’d built.
