The Voice Behind The DoorNobody moved.The words lingered in the cabin long after Evelyn whispered them, spreading through the room with a quiet force that seemed to drain the warmth from the fire and replace it with something far more unsettling.Claire.The name belonged to the dead.It belonged to old photographs, hidden journals, unanswered questions, and twenty years of grief.It did not belong to the woman standing outside a remote cabin in the middle of a Connecticut forest.Yet the expression on Evelyn's face left no room for doubt.She knew that voice.Or believed she did.The second knock came before anyone could react, softer than the first, carrying a strange familiarity that seemed to tighten the air inside the room.Daniel was already moving.Years of instinct took over before thought could interfere, and by the time the sound faded, he had crossed half the cabin and positioned himself between the door and everyone else.Damian shifted closer to Serena.Victor's attenti
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