Warnings Wrapped in Roses
The day Cedric Grisborne rang the opening bell on Sterling Street and returned home, the Southwells' doorstep was worn thin by visitors.
Everyone said Nicole Southwell, the spoiled eldest Southwell heiress, had struck gold. She had plucked a capable live-in son-in-law straight out of the slums.
But Nicole had been anything but calm these past few days. A female ghost had latched onto her.
It had started the day Cedric left for Almontane. A deranged ghost had begun appearing beside her, invisible to everyone else, and claimed to be her future self.
The ghost had Nicole's exact face, but scars covered it. Her voice was hoarse, her eyes unfocused, and her hair dry and tangled, with ragged p