“In Every Timeline, You’re Mine” “Some love is forever. Some forever is deadly.” CHAPTER 1 — The Basement Went Quiet The basement went quiet. Sam stood completely still, listening to the drip… drip… drip in the darkness. Only it wasn’t water. It had a rhythm—too slow, too deliberate. He lifted the flashlight. The beam landed on a wall covered in hundreds of Polaroids. Every photo… was of him. Sam at the grocery store. Sam unlocking his apartment. Sam asleep on his couch.