The First Wound

Dr. Athena Zodiac has built her life helping people survive the pain they can't escape. As a respected trauma therapist, she believes every wound has a cause, every behavior has an explanation, and darkness only has power when it stays hidden.

Then her patients begin drawing the same image.

A dark hallway.

A red door.

A child standing at the end.

They've never met. They have no connection. And none of them remember drawing it.

As the New Moon approaches, strange symptoms spread. Patients lose hours of time. Ordinary people erupt into unexplained acts of aggression. Sleep becomes dangerous. Memories begin surfacing where none should exist.

Athena discovers one disturbing truth:

Every person affected buried their anger to survive.

Now something is bringing it back.

As the visions intensify, Athena finds herself pulled into a mystery that feels impossible to explain. Because the hallway invading her patients' minds is one she has seen before.

Long ago.

As a child.

But the memory-and what waits behind the red door-was erased.

To uncover the truth, Athena will have to confront the one person she's spent her entire life avoiding:

Herself.

The First Wound is a dark psychological thriller infused with spiritual symbolism, shadow work themes, buried trauma, and mind-bending mystery-perfect for readers who enjoy emotionally layered suspense with transformative depth.

Some wounds never heal. Some only wait.