Romance · fiction

The Hand Before the Wreck

The first thing Dileia Ward noticed was not the scream of steel. It was the hand. Cold. Fragile. Certain. Colette Fontaine’s fingers closed around Dileia’s wrist a heartbeat before the Northline 9 stopped being a passenger train and became a collapsing cage of glass, steel, luggage, terrified voices, and people praying to survive the next ten...

By My Life Story Editorial

Published November 2, 2026 · Updated November 2, 2026

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Genre: Romance
Audience: Adult readers
Chapters: 6
Fiction status: fiction
Editorial responsibility: My Life Story Editorial

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Story information

story id: 96c61467-b655-4cbe-b186-eeb4fd01c217
primary theme: Mafia Hearts
secondary themes: None assigned
genre: Romance
fiction status: fiction
audience: Adult readers
setting: Not specified
chapter count: 6
publish date: 2026-11-02T02:33:06.694Z
updated date: 2026-11-02T02:33:06.694Z
author: My Life Story Editorial
editor: My Life Story Editorial