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The Distance Between Locks
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The Distance Between Locks

Romance — enemies forced to share one small space · English · Being written now

202 of 500 chapters393,876 words475 views

Mira Saye can erase a crime from steel, skin, or air. Gideon Holt intends to prove it. Then his raid shatters the wrong ampoule, and Veyra Tower begins reading them as one person with access to rooms neither should enter. Hunted by buyers, distrusted by security, and confined to a witness cell barely wide enough for two beds, they have one chance to undo the error. First, they must survive what their shared identity unlocks.

Trust as a practical riskThe ownership of knowledgeProtection that resembles captivityIntimacy without privacyInstitutional loyalty versus personal conscienceThe difference between erasing evidence and repairing harm
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  1. 1A Name Made of Two2,122 words · 13 Aug 2026 · 40 views
  2. 2The Door That Knew Their Names2,097 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 30 views
  3. 3Forty, One Below1,553 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 24 views
  4. 4The Thirteenth Sample1,950 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 22 views
  5. 5The Third Hand2,169 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 22 views
  6. 6The Water That Kept Him1,623 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 23 views
  7. 7The Pressure Between1,942 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 23 views
  8. 8The Custodian’s Hand1,857 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 24 views
  9. 9The Remainder Host1,837 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 24 views
  10. 10The Disqualified1,557 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 20 views
  11. 11The Clean Singular Man1,591 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 22 views
  12. 12The Open Edge2,156 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 24 views
  13. 13The Witness Path2,077 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 23 views
  14. 14The Room That Witnessed1,777 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 22 views
  15. 15The Closing Witness1,670 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 24 views
  16. 16The Last Scaffold1,736 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 24 views
  17. 17The Second Hand1,606 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 20 views
  18. 18The Reference Door1,884 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 23 views
  19. 19The Answer She Fed Him1,571 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 23 views
  20. 20The Warm Witness2,277 words · 4 Sept 2026 · 18 views
  21. 21The Third Ring1,832 words · 4 Sept 2026
  22. 22The Origin Debt2,016 words · 4 Sept 2026
  23. 23The Clean Handoff1,496 words · 4 Sept 2026
  24. 24The Signed Absence1,426 words · 4 Sept 2026
  25. 25The Only Copy1,411 words · 4 Sept 2026
  26. 26The Door That Answers2,360 words · 4 Sept 2026
  27. 27The Origin of the Name1,921 words · 5 Sept 2026
  28. 28The Name She Gives2,043 words · 5 Sept 2026
  29. 29The Cost of Entry1,871 words · 5 Sept 2026
  30. 30The Door That Takes1,826 words · 5 Sept 2026
  31. 31The Distance Between Them1,601 words · 5 Sept 2026
  32. 32The Custodian1,859 words · 5 Sept 2026
  33. 33The First Signature1,829 words · 5 Sept 2026
  34. 34The Price of the First Name2,089 words · 5 Sept 2026
  35. 35The Name We Keep1,959 words · 5 Sept 2026
  36. 36The Open Circuit1,941 words · 5 Sept 2026
  37. 37The Originator’s Consent1,995 words · 5 Sept 2026
  38. 38The First Directive2,072 words · 5 Sept 2026
  39. 39Threat Uncertain1,776 words · 5 Sept 2026
  40. 40Custodian Two1,712 words · 5 Sept 2026
  41. 41The Designated Successor2,169 words · 5 Sept 2026
  42. 42Present Yourself1,752 words · 5 Sept 2026
  43. 43The Cost of a Name2,262 words · 5 Sept 2026
  44. 44Authorized Escort1,828 words · 5 Sept 2026
  45. 45The Uncounted Door2,043 words · 5 Sept 2026
  46. 46The Second Custodian2,195 words · 5 Sept 2026
  47. 47The Name She Stole1,975 words · 5 Sept 2026
  48. 48The First Payment1,859 words · 5 Sept 2026
  49. 49The Continuance2,213 words · 5 Sept 2026
  50. 50The Open Door1,992 words · 8 Oct 2026
  51. 51Appointments1,846 words · 8 Oct 2026
  52. 52Chain of Custody1,762 words · 8 Oct 2026
  53. 53Dock Nine1,569 words · 8 Oct 2026
  54. 54The Courier1,616 words · 8 Oct 2026
  55. 55A Reasonable Broker1,504 words · 8 Oct 2026
  56. 56Level Sixteen1,710 words · 8 Oct 2026
  57. 57Three in Room Nine1,444 words · 8 Oct 2026
  58. 58Locker Fourteen1,794 words · 8 Oct 2026
  59. 59What the Locker Kept1,616 words · 8 Oct 2026
  60. 60Four Metres Square1,718 words · 8 Oct 2026
  61. 61The Panel Cannot See Him2,003 words · 8 Oct 2026
  62. 62Load1,612 words · 8 Oct 2026
  63. 63Requisition1,751 words · 8 Oct 2026
  64. 64Evidence1,846 words · 8 Oct 2026
  65. 65A Nanogram of Absence1,769 words · 8 Oct 2026
  66. 66Terms1,752 words · 8 Oct 2026
  67. 67The Room With No Button1,852 words · 8 Oct 2026
  68. 68Dead to Myself1,784 words · 8 Oct 2026
  69. 69One of Three1,764 words · 8 Oct 2026
  70. 70The Seat He Didn't Have1,907 words · 8 Oct 2026
  71. 71Yes to Two1,897 words · 8 Oct 2026
  72. 72A Welfare Visit1,678 words · 8 Oct 2026
  73. 73The Window on Seventy-Three1,679 words · 8 Oct 2026
  74. 74Four Cups1,737 words · 8 Oct 2026
  75. 75Not in the Cups1,725 words · 8 Oct 2026
  76. 76A Present Body1,743 words · 8 Oct 2026
  77. 77The Hand Behind the Seal1,746 words · 8 Oct 2026
  78. 78The Woman Who Knits1,816 words · 8 Oct 2026
  79. 79Three Over, Two Under1,685 words · 8 Oct 2026
  80. 80The Lock That Has to Ask1,733 words · 8 Oct 2026
  81. 81Section Nine1,624 words · 8 Oct 2026
  82. 82The Executive Courtesy1,757 words · 8 Oct 2026
  83. 83The Brown Glaze1,614 words · 8 Oct 2026
  84. 84A Shelter or a Leash1,672 words · 8 Oct 2026
  85. 85The Fifth Name1,721 words · 8 Oct 2026
  86. 86Wool Grease2,183 words · 8 Oct 2026
  87. 87The Roll1,752 words · 8 Oct 2026
  88. 88Absent1,880 words · 8 Oct 2026
  89. 89Slow2,161 words · 8 Oct 2026
  90. 90By Leave1,764 words · 8 Oct 2026
  91. 91The Linen Room1,885 words · 8 Oct 2026
  92. 92The Lantern Residence1,690 words · 8 Oct 2026
  93. 93Visiting Is Tomorrow1,984 words · 8 Oct 2026
  94. 94Section Fourteen1,979 words · 8 Oct 2026
  95. 95The Forty-Second Coat1,914 words · 8 Oct 2026
  96. 96The Long Pole2,013 words · 8 Oct 2026
  97. 97Ever So Grateful1,891 words · 8 Oct 2026
  98. 98Three Eggs2,087 words · 8 Oct 2026
  99. 99The Hook1,960 words · 8 Oct 2026
  100. 100On Leave2,151 words · 8 Oct 2026
  101. 101Soft1,947 words · 9 Oct 2026
  102. 102A Drink on the House2,104 words · 9 Oct 2026
  103. 103Pump House 42,161 words · 9 Oct 2026
  104. 104The Hand and the Hook1,977 words · 9 Oct 2026
  105. 105Assent Recorded1,929 words · 9 Oct 2026
  106. 106The Discretion of the Investigator1,906 words · 9 Oct 2026
  107. 107The Discretion of the Family1,891 words · 9 Oct 2026
  108. 108A Working Witness2,198 words · 9 Oct 2026
  109. 109Tuesday, at Four2,089 words · 9 Oct 2026
  110. 110Page Thirty-One1,884 words · 9 Oct 2026
  111. 111A Lock That Knows Nobody1,989 words · 9 Oct 2026
  112. 112Held Over1,951 words · 9 Oct 2026
  113. 113Pension, Lift, Tea1,968 words · 9 Oct 2026
  114. 114A Very Good Host1,977 words · 9 Oct 2026
  115. 115The Same Tin1,949 words · 9 Oct 2026
  116. 116For Whoever Is Left1,898 words · 9 Oct 2026
  117. 117Two Metres and a Cloth1,850 words · 9 Oct 2026
  118. 118A Cap Is a Sort of Paper2,126 words · 9 Oct 2026
  119. 119Three Hundred and Forty Metres2,020 words · 9 Oct 2026
  120. 120Cold Bond Six2,158 words · 9 Oct 2026
  121. 121Butter1,978 words · 9 Oct 2026
  122. 122The Last Honest Thing2,126 words · 9 Oct 2026
  123. 123Three Cups2,001 words · 9 Oct 2026
  124. 124No Reading1,987 words · 9 Oct 2026
  125. 125The Fortieth Floor, Going Down1,980 words · 9 Oct 2026
  126. 126A Form and a Chair2,155 words · 9 Oct 2026
  127. 127A Quarter Is Fine2,222 words · 9 Oct 2026
  128. 128Wipe Your Feet2,074 words · 9 Oct 2026
  129. 129Everyone Has a Pan2,223 words · 9 Oct 2026
  130. 130Quaife's Wheel2,115 words · 9 Oct 2026
  131. 131Two Locks and a Knot1,989 words · 9 Oct 2026
  132. 132Looked After2,137 words · 9 Oct 2026
  133. 133The Director's Tuesday2,114 words · 9 Oct 2026
  134. 134Fifteen Names2,131 words · 9 Oct 2026
  135. 135Thirteen Minutes2,057 words · 9 Oct 2026
  136. 136A Card with a Gold Edge2,037 words · 9 Oct 2026
  137. 137Sit Where You Like2,109 words · 9 Oct 2026
  138. 138Schedule C2,007 words · 9 Oct 2026
  139. 139The Proper Way2,073 words · 9 Oct 2026
  140. 140Your Move, Oren2,007 words · 9 Oct 2026
  141. 141That Will Do, Thank You1,989 words · 9 Oct 2026
  142. 142Move Recorded2,039 words · 9 Oct 2026
  143. 143Twenty-Seven Minutes1,936 words · 9 Oct 2026
  144. 144The Pin at the Head of the Stair2,011 words · 9 Oct 2026
  145. 145Under the Soap Dish1,961 words · 9 Oct 2026
  146. 146Ninety-One to Ninety-Three1,936 words · 9 Oct 2026
  147. 147The Woman Who Would Sooner Not2,016 words · 9 Oct 2026
  148. 148Late, Not Lost2,070 words · 9 Oct 2026
  149. 149A Man With a Basket2,368 words · 9 Oct 2026
  150. 150The Envelope2,221 words · 9 Oct 2026
  151. 151Eleven Years of Mondays2,348 words · 9 Oct 2026
  152. 152The Proper Way2,192 words · 9 Oct 2026
  153. 153A Game He Earned2,176 words · 9 Oct 2026
  154. 154Deemed2,120 words · 9 Oct 2026
  155. 155Can I Begin Again2,054 words · 23 Oct 2026
  156. 156A Reasonable Condition2,104 words · 23 Oct 2026
  157. 157Ten Letters2,175 words · 23 Oct 2026
  158. 158Fourteen Steps2,159 words · 23 Oct 2026
  159. 159Held Over2,141 words · 23 Oct 2026
  160. 160Four Seconds1,973 words · 23 Oct 2026
  161. 161Washers2,105 words · 23 Oct 2026
  162. 162Eleven a Second2,057 words · 23 Oct 2026
  163. 163Supernumerary2,014 words · 23 Oct 2026
  164. 164The Two O'Clock1,942 words · 23 Oct 2026
  165. 165Put Himself in the Drawer2,009 words · 23 Oct 2026
  166. 166Six-Tenths1,987 words · 23 Oct 2026
  167. 167The Brass Drawer1,968 words · 23 Oct 2026
  168. 168Show Cause2,047 words · 23 Oct 2026
  169. 169The Two-Fifteen1,998 words · 23 Oct 2026
  170. 170Or Otherwise2,136 words · 23 Oct 2026
  171. 171The Third Line1,928 words · 23 Oct 2026
  172. 172Fifteen Persons Named2,206 words · 23 Oct 2026
  173. 173Jointly and Severally1,938 words · 23 Oct 2026
  174. 174A Very Careful Sentence2,001 words · 23 Oct 2026
  175. 175Shall1,946 words · 23 Oct 2026
  176. 176The Ones He Lost Sight Of1,942 words · 23 Oct 2026
  177. 177Not Named, Not Called2,115 words · 23 Oct 2026
  178. 178Five a Second2,078 words · 23 Oct 2026
  179. 179A Person Called to Assist2,263 words · 23 Oct 2026
  180. 180The Same Card1,924 words · 23 Oct 2026
  181. 181The Door a Hand's Breadth1,911 words · 23 Oct 2026
  182. 182Answering for the Body1,920 words · 23 Oct 2026
  183. 183The Tail of the R2,014 words · 23 Oct 2026
  184. 184Before Any of Them Speaks1,917 words · 23 Oct 2026
  185. 185Hands1,905 words · 23 Oct 2026
  186. 186Not a Hand2,218 words · 23 Oct 2026
  187. 187The Green Passage2,103 words · 23 Oct 2026
  188. 188The Best Thing He Ever Wrote2,042 words · 23 Oct 2026
  189. 189Thurs. Came1,959 words · 23 Oct 2026
  190. 190Item Nine2,175 words · 23 Oct 2026
  191. 191The Second Drawer1,896 words · 23 Oct 2026
  192. 192A Flight2,207 words · 23 Oct 2026
  193. 193Received2,236 words · 23 Oct 2026
  194. 194Reserved2,212 words · 23 Oct 2026
  195. 195Answered2,312 words · 23 Oct 2026
  196. 196Rule Eleven2,308 words · 23 Oct 2026
  197. 197Two Cups2,000 words · 23 Oct 2026
  198. 198The Blank2,099 words · 23 Oct 2026
  199. 199Hummed2,019 words · 23 Oct 2026
  200. 200A Hair Nearer2,169 words · 23 Oct 2026
  201. 201Section Four2,067 words · 23 Oct 2026
  202. 202The Drum1,985 words · 23 Oct 2026

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