The darkest, most sinister novel you’ll ever read!
Chapter Two of SEETHINGS III shifts dramatically from the covert horror of the opening chapter to a domestic minefield of lies, misdirection, and slow-building revelations. Told through phone conversations and private reflections, the chapter exposes the widening fracture between Samantha and her closest friend, Anneke.
Sam offers a carefully curated version of her life—claiming she and Mitchell are “busy,” that work is overwhelming, and that their attempts to conceive have stalled due to his supposed “low motility.” Anneke senses something is off. Sam’s answers feel rehearsed, inconsistent, and hollow. This discomfort simmers until the call ends abruptly, leaving Anneke unsettled and suspicious.
The chapter then slips into Anneke’s home life, giving a warm, contrasting snapshot of openness, affection, and normalcy with her husband David—a stark counterpoint to Sam and Mitchell’s growing silence. But the real turning point comes when Anneke calls Mitchell directly. What begins as an awkward welfare check soon turns into a truth bomb that detonates everything Sam has been hiding.
Mitchell reveals what Sam has never admitted to anyone—not even her best friend. Their marriage is, and has long been, sexless. Sam’s talk of conception, fertility issues, and medical obstacles is a smokescreen hiding something far more complex: her utter avoidance of sexual intimacy. No motility tests. No attempts. No effort. No desire.
Mitchell has lived with this for two decades, trying counselling, compromise, patience—even resignation. Anneke is stunned. The truth reframes everything Sam has said, done, and avoided.
Chapter Two peels back the psychological façade, exposing the emotional engine driving the novel.
If you want a story that dives into twisted relationships, silent secrets, and the dangerous consequences of truth avoided for too long, SEETHINGS III is your next dark fixation.
–Michael (Dark fiction. Author of SEETHINGS (the first book), free for a limited time)
Love, lust, and lies collide on land and water. A temptress, a faithful wife, and a photographer haunted by shadows drift into a world of seduction, betrayal, and control.
Marriages unravel, secrets surface, and civility dissolves into primal instinct. Nothing is safe. No one is innocent.
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