Chapter 1: The Ash Inside the Cane
Part 1 I kept my eyes unblinking, fixed on the fog-choked lawn where the pale, translucent apparition of my missing roommate, Alice, stood weeping blood. [more…]
Part 1 I kept my eyes unblinking, fixed on the fog-choked lawn where the pale, translucent apparition of my missing roommate, Alice, stood weeping blood. [more…]
Clara Kincaid moved with a terrifying precision I hadn’t seen from her before. She strode directly into the still-forming circle of students, past Julian Kincaid [more…]
Clara pulled out a single, yellowed envelope from the lead-lined safe. It wasn’t a stack of crisp school transfer forms. It was old, brittle. She [more…]
Just as the silence threatened to stretch into an unbearable chasm, the office door burst open. Julian Kincaid Jr. stood there, chest heaving, his face [more…]
Clara Kincaid slid her hand into a hidden pocket in her blazer. She pulled out another envelope, this one thicker, heavier, and sealed with an [more…]
The realization hit me with the force of a physical blow. The ghosts, the spectral vision, the reason I’d feigned blindness. It all clicked into [more…]
The office door opened again, revealing three formal figures in suits—board members who had been informed of the commotion in the quad. They stood hesitant [more…]
Julian Jr., his face still pale from the revelations, stepped forward. He held up his phone again, scrolling through his messages. “But the texts from [more…]
A sudden, jarring sound ripped through the quiet office—a low, grinding crack that vibrated through the floorboards. Then, a shiver ran down my spine, a [more…]
Clara Kincaid, her face pale but resolute, rushed back to the lead safe. Her fingers, quick and nimble, rummaged through the few remaining items. “There [more…]