The Files by C. J. Cauldin

  Some Stories Don’t Let You Walk Away (And Caroline Would Pretend She Didn’t Care) By C.J. Cauldin — Senior Fellow in Applied Shenanigans, Harvard Dept. of Literature & Mild Chaos Let’s take a moment to appreciate this photograph. A girl, a book, a carved heart, and an expression that says: “I did not emotionally prepare for Chapter Four.” She’s reading like someone who just discovered her favorite character is about to make a terrible decision — or worse — fall in love with the wrong man, the right man, or a morally ambiguous assassin trained from childhood. (Who among us hasn’t?) In the world of Project Heartless , this would be Caroline Cauldin at twelve — openly pretending she doesn’t enjoy fiction, secretly devouring every page like it contains state secrets, and absolutely refusing to admit either. Her face here is perfect: the exact blend of “I’m fine.” and “This plot twist is personally attacking me.” An experienced literary critic m...

She Walks Into the Fire Like It Owes Her Answers A Project Heartless Reflection Some warriors were forged in daylight. Caroline Cauldin was not. From the beginning of her training, the night was her inheritance — a realm she learned to treat not as darkness, but as clarity . Where others stumbled between shadows, she saw the world sharpen: angles, edges, breath-patterns, intention. The scientists in Echo Black’s covert program called it hyper-visual acuity . The instructors whispered another name for it: “The Black Angel’s Vision.” In Japan, where the final shaping of her discipline took place, Caroline trained under a retired intelligence operative obsessed with the old samurai concept of tsukiyo no kōgeki — the moonlit strike. Attacks delivered not at dusk or dawn, but in the moment when darkness and light coexist, when the world teeters and a single step can rewrite fate. Under moonlight, she learned to move without announcing herself, to read the tremor ...

THE AFTERMATH A blood-soaked Texas farm. A terrified family. Seven dead men cooling in the dirt. And one impossible woman who vanished into the sun. Her parting gift? A confession powerful enough to light up Washington. This is the spark that set Project Heartless in motion — the moment every agency realized the same thing: She’s not a myth. She’s still alive. And she’s moving. The world of Project Heartless didn’t begin with a mission. It began with a mistake — a girl who was never supposed to survive, saving a family she’d never met, and setting off a chain reaction that would ignite an entire universe. If you’re new to the story, this is the moment you step in. If you’ve been following the shadows… this is where they finally move. Read the full classified account here: ➤ READ THE AFTERMATH Unlock Level 1 Clearance — early access to files, intel, and psychological dossiers.  JOIN THE FILES

  Something About Caroline Cauldin Doesn’t Add Up Some characters walk onto the page. Caroline Cauldin doesn’t walk — she appears. Readers have been finding their way into the Project Heartless universe through unmarked doors, curious links, late-night browsing, and something stranger: instinct. There is a feeling around her. Not a twist; not a reveal. Something quieter. A sense that the facts don’t match the girl. That whatever happened to her in those early years — the missing parents, the vanished records, the orphanage that doesn’t like to answer questions — is still happening somewhere in the margins. You can read her file. You can follow the timeline. You can trace the choices that made her what she is. And still — something won’t line up. That’s the point of a true psychological thriller: the truth is there, but it hides in the negative space . If You're New Here Start with the official briefing here: Project Heartless – Official Welcome Page ...