The Shadows of Haverstone Manor
The storm clouds gathered with uncanny speed, darkening the skies above Haverstone Manor as the group worked tirelessly to prepare for the ritual. The air inside the library was thick with tension as Emma, Vivienne, Callan, Crane, and Jamie poured over Haverstone’s journals and the scattered maps of the manor’s surrounding grounds. Outside, the wind howled, rattling the windows as if echoing the growing unease in their hearts.
“According to this,” Crane said, tapping a faded page with a diagram of overlapping circles, “the ritual requires the key to act as a focal point. But these other markings—anchors, I presume—need to be arranged in precise locations around the fracture site.”
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