Some dread you chase; some you carry home in your own two hands.

A rattling wagon, a throat pulled too tight to speak, a hand gripped like a lifeline against a fear too ugly to name aloud. But suspicion is a greedy thing, and while it holds you, the people who trusted you to simply be there are learning what your absence costs. What do we owe the ones who counted on us—and how late do we notice we've failed them?

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Narrated by Rebecca Hasler.

Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed.

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A bright, ordinary afternoon has no business feeling this much like a held breath.

Some errands are just errands—until the trust you'd stake your children's lives on starts to curdle into something you can't unthink. What do you owe the people who've always kept you safe? And how much of the terror waits out in the quiet fields, and how much is the shape your own mind keeps circling back to?

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Narrated by Rebecca Hasler.

Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed.

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• Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM
• Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes
• Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series

New episodes every Tuesday.

A busy shop, a friend's baby, the easy warmth of a small town at work—and underneath it, a certainty quietly coming loose.

There is a particular comfort in believing that whatever went wrong was done by a stranger, someone already gone, someone you'll never have to pass on the street. This chapter lives in the moment that comfort thins—where ordinary errands and a mother's divided attention can't quite drown out the question of who, exactly, you've been standing beside all along. How well do you really know the people who trust you?

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Narrated by Rebecca Hasler.

Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed.

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• Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM
• Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes
• Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series

New episodes every Tuesday.