FRAGMENTS

Owen Mercer has built a quiet life around routines, secrets, and the belief that he can control the darkness inside him. By day, he manages Café Nimbus and disappears into the ordinary. By night, he watches the people around him more closely than anyone realizes. When Lydia Whitmore walks into his café, Owen becomes convinced that she is the person he has been waiting for. What begins as fascination quickly grows into an obsession he mistakes for love. As Owen pushes deeper into Lydia’s life, he begins targeting anyone he believes could hurt her or stand between them. But Owen is not the only person watching. A relentless threat moves through the shadows, relationships begin to fracture, and people close to Lydia start disappearing. With paranoia rising and his past closing in, Owen must confront a terrifying possibility: the monster he believes he is protecting everyone from may be himself. Fragments is a dark psychological thriller about obsession, control, buried trauma, and the dangerous line between love and possession.