Escaping the Shadow of Us
Escaping the Shadow of Us is a novel in English; you can read chapter 1 free here on EditWrx Reads.
Your code
Keeps your place in the official app
- 1Install the official app — it’s free on iPhone and Android.
- 2Open it and enter 584087 when asked for a code. Escaping the Shadow of Us opens right where this site leaves off.
Story
The story
Riley has lived with psychosomatic panic attacks since her parents died, and her older sister Chloe has spent years protecting her. When a car clips Chloe during a vacation, Riley's fiancé Ethan ignores Riley's own bleeding knees to carry Chloe to urgent care, accusing Riley of faking her attack.
Days after Ethan proposed, Riley receives messages and a photograph from her future self, warning her not to marry him. Following the couple, she overhears Ethan confess he asked Riley to marry him only so Chloe could finally live for herself, and learns he first meant to confess to Chloe.
Reexamining the home she shared with Ethan, Riley begins to see the gifts and gestures she once ignored in a different light.
Opening excerpt
My sister frantically rummaged through her bag for my medication and was clipped by a passing car, falling to the ground.
She wasn't seriously hurt, but my fiancé, Ethan, stopped dead in his tracks.
"Riley, aren't you tired of faking these panic attacks after all these years?"
My sister, Chloe, immediately stepped in front of me.
"Ethan, what the hell is wrong with you?"
He furrowed his brows, bending down to check her scraped knee.
"Are you stupid? If it wasn't for her, would you be bleeding right now?"
His eyes were overflowing with heartache.
These are the opening lines of chapter 1. Keep reading →
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Questions
Can I read Escaping the Shadow of Us for free?
Yes — the first chapter of Escaping the Shadow of Us is free to read right here on EditWrx Reads, no sign-up needed. The rest of the story continues in the official app.
How many chapters are free here?
Chapter 1. Your place is saved on this device as you go, so you can stop and pick it up later tonight.
What happens after chapter 1?
Chapter 2 onward lives in the official app. Install it, enter the code 584087, and the story opens where this site leaves off.
What's Escaping the Shadow of Us about?
Riley has lived with psychosomatic panic attacks since her parents died, and her older sister Chloe has spent years protecting her. When a car clips Chloe during a vacation, Riley's fiancé Ethan ignores Riley's own bleeding knees to carry Chloe to urgent care, accusing Riley of faking her attack.
EditWrx Reads carries only the sample chapters and story details the publisher has cleared for preview. To read the whole book, use the official app.
Chapter 2 is in the official app
The free chapters on EditWrx Reads end at chapter 1. Install the official app and enter this code — it opens Escaping the Shadow of Us where you left off.