The Authenticator
An interactive romantic suspense · with Eli Fontaine
He answers you at any hour of the night, every time, without fail, and tonight you find out what he deletes.
Your choices shape how Eli responds.
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- Love interest
- Eli Fontaine
- Genre
- Romantic suspense
- Length
- ~30 minutes
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About The Authenticator
Eli Fontaine always answers. Two in the morning, four in the morning, the worst night of your life — you text, and he's there. Every time. Without fail. For years.
He's the steadiest thing you have. And you've never once wondered what happens on his side of the screen.
Tonight, you find out what he deletes.
The man who always answers has been keeping something from you. And you can't unsee it.
“I answer at any hour. You haven't asked me anything in days. I noticed. I notice everything.”
A taste of the story
From Chapter 2
“Come here.”
He comes. He stops at my shoulder, where he always stops — near enough that I can feel the warmth off his arm, far enough that nothing touches.
“Merrick couldn’t do hands.”
ELI
“I know he couldn’t.”
“You do not know that.”
ELI
“Gloves, pockets, hat brims. That awful one with the cat where you can’t see a single finger of her.”
He tips his chin at the canvas.
ELI
“That’s a hand.”
“It’s a hand.”
Thumb, fingers, a nail with a little white half-moon in it. You can see the weight of the glass in the way they sit.
It’s the best hand in the room, and Merrick was never once proud of a hand in his life.
ELI
“So that’s it. That’s the whole thing.”
“Eleven million pounds, and he gave himself away with a thumb.”
And he laughs — one breath through his nose, no teeth — and then it goes off his face and he says, to the painting rather than to me:
ELI
“You’re the best hour of my day, you know that.”
Two seconds of silence.
ELI
“This. The room, the picture, being in here before it’s light. It’s the best hour of my—”
Then he stops, says he’d better check the yard door, and goes and checks a yard door that does not need checking.
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Questions
Is The Authenticator free to read?
Yes. Chapter 1 of The Authenticator is free, and Chapters 1–3 are free for 2 stories a month with a free account. To finish it, unlock the whole story for $2.99 — one payment, yours to keep, and if you want every story, you can read them all FREE for 7 days, then $9.99 a month.
Who is the love interest in The Authenticator?
Eli Fontaine. The Authenticator is an interactive romantic suspense where your choices shape what happens with Eli, and the story remembers every one.
What kind of story is The Authenticator?
An interactive romantic suspense built on he falls first, protective hero and forced proximity. You make the choices, and later chapters remember them.
How long is The Authenticator?
About 30 minutes of reading, in chapters you can read at your own pace.