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A Fish Out of Water

The morning started early, with Larin banging on doors to wake everyone. “It’s barely sunrise.” “The Fear Mongers will have retreated to the darkest and quietest corners of the estate. Now is the time to use the wards to lock them in. The sooner we find the grimoire, the faster we can set everything to rights. Now go get into something you won’t mind soiling, and we’ll have breakfast before we start.” Larin gave her a chipper grin to encourage her to go along with his plans. “Fine, but we’ll need to figure out all the places. I need caffeine to jump-start my brain. All I can think of is the attic, basement, and other outbuildings. Why would they protect this building and not the main house? Oh, loo

A Bear Named Larin

The group decided they’d head into a more overgrown area of the garden. Becky feared if Larin turned into a bear near the servants’ cottage, their luck would have a delivery driver or police officer show up just in time to see a bear wandering around. “Do you believe this is a safe spot?” Larin suspected Becky suffered from nerves, but if Gemma insisted on humoring her, then he would too. “I believe so. Does it hurt?” Becky blurted out in her intrigue over this revelation. “It’s like the pain of moving from one position to another after a long time. Your body remembers it, but there’s still an ache.” Larin’s ey

The Main House

Larin hated this. He should have made her go with Becky, and Evan should be here. His instinct wanted to protect her. Even in daylight, Fear Mongers could influence people with attacks on the mind. They entered the main hour from the front doors. With the main doors left open, Gemma followed Larin up the main stairs. “There are two sets of stairs leading from this floor down. The main stairs and the servants’ stairs. The attic stair is to the left at the far end. The servants’ stairs are to the right again at the far end. The servants’ stairs lead to the butler’s pantry and the stairs to the basement are there.” “We’ll start by sealing the widow’s walk first, then the attic. We will keep the lights

The Library

Evan and Becky arrived at the library with time to wait before it opened. They found a coffee shop and sat down with drinks to wait. “What do you think we’ll find in this research trip?” “I’ve been thinking about that and the main flags I’m looking for are patterns in the deaths, methods, times, and any evidence of the occult. If it’s found only within a certain time period then I’ll assume it’s mass hysteria and not real. If it does appear through the whole time, we will need that missing book desperately. The other thing we’re looking for is any reference to the missing book and where it might be hidden. I’m also far too nosy to ignore the fact that there’s at least one juicy story. The records from Mr. Winters are very extensive but lack the details about the people. I don’t see a reason for the reason the Butlers f

Magical Security System

Larin returned to placing wards about the house while Gemma struggled with what happened. She’d felt the effects of these things. The Fear Mongers didn’t need to be seen by you to affect you. They worked remotely. But did Larin need to kiss her? Couldn’t he just pull her away? How could she interpret this? No way would she talk about it. If they talked about it, the embarrassment of enjoying it far too much would become part of the conversation and the timing. The timing was not good. It felt completely like the wrong time. Also, he wasn’t human. How would that work? Did it work? “Alright, I’m leaving the great stairs until last. I’d rather push one or two out the front door than have one running loose in the main building. Basements and attics are one thing. The grand living room is anoth

Back in Time for Lunch

Becky and Evan loaded several reams of photocopies into her messenger bag. Evan carried her bag while she carried her laptop that no longer fit into the bag and her purse. She desperately wanted another coffee, but neither of them wanted to return to the coffee shop and encounter that server again. “Let’s get back to the car and get back home. I’ve not got a good feeling about here and I want no more run-ins as we had at the coffee shop.” Becky walked out of the library behind Evan. In time to see a local police officer place a ticket in his car. “Wait, Evan. Don’t engage him. That’s small-town politics for you. Nope, we’ll hang back, let him leave. Gather evidence and then figure out something. If we need to, we

Next Steps

“The mysteries don’t end, do they? Another one we need to figure out. So, exactly why do we need to seal a sealed, hidden door?” “Because we don’t know if it’s sealed. Also, if there’s a room hidden somewhere within that house. Maybe it’s marked on there but hidden with the writing. Did you ever count the windows on that and then the windows on the outside of the house itself? I know we never went room to room doing the math on the size of the rooms compared to the house itself.” Evan flinched at the thought of the math involved in that prospect. “No, I never did the math on the rooms’ size. I don’t now know if I could have done it back then. As for wanting to do it. Not then and not

Cryptic Tales

“So, what was this poem your Aunt Esme used to tell you?” “It wasn’t really a poem. What she told me didn’t rhyme honestly. The whole thing was more than a series of vague directions. I mean, like hints in a crossword puzzle or a treasure hunt.” Evan said. “Gemma hated anything like that. She always preferred things and people that didn’t make her search for the answers. I suspect she would get bored too easily, and that annoyed her more.” “Yeah, I know if I wanted to annoy her in scho

Black isn't Always Darkness

Larin followed Gemma into the main house. He still felt like an incomplete state of the wards, and it felt like a trigger for his protective instincts. He throttled back a warning growl. He knew he would scare the others. They didn’t truly understand how different his existence was from theirs. He carried the blasted map again. Larin wasn’t sure what Gemma said about it. Beyond, there might be a way to see the full map without a spell. That her Aunt Esme set up the dining room to light the room black to reveal a secret image. It made little sense to him, but they’d show her how. “We’re here. Where are you?” Evan and Becky exited the dining room in response to Gemma’s words. &

Finding the Steps to Walk

“This isn’t what I expected. I thought it would show how to get to the desk. Or tell us where to find the secret compartment in it.” Evan looked disappointed. He’d expected everything to be handed to him in the portrait without putting the work in. Gemma knew it would only be a matter of time before this happened. He to found study and research boring and draining. They’d both struggled in school with this. “It just might. But it’s also telling us we need more than just the book. Look here. On the book cover. These symbols are from the desk. I’ve got the order they are in on my phone now. I suspect our order was incorrect and if we follow this order, we’ll find the compartment.” Becky backed away from the portrait, examining the video she’d just taken. “Now what

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