Rumors & Betrayal: The Cost of Truth

By Olivia Rae

Some truths don't announce themselves.
They wait.

In the fragile calm after survival, Melody has built a life rooted in love, routine, and the belief that the past has finally loosened its grip. Her daughter, Olivia, is growing-curious, fearless, untouched by what nearly broke her mother. For a time, that feels like enough.

But buried truths have a way of resurfacing.

As old connections reemerge, the quiet life Melody and Jax have built begins to fracture. What starts as unease sharpens into danger as obsession tightens its hold and protection becomes more than instinct. Secrets once buried in the name of peace demand to be confronted, and the cost of truth proves far more devastating than silence.

Rumors & Betrayal: The Cost of Truth is a dark, psychological continuation of a story about survival, loyalty, and the irreversible weight of honesty. This is not a story driven by shock, but by inevitability-where healing is tested, love is strained, and the truth refuses to stay hidden.

Some lives are built after trauma.
Others are claimed by it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GGQX7KNF
• ISBN13: 9798994483817
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Olivia Rae
• Length: 57 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.1" x 5.0"