The Whispering Key

t. The whispers were gone, and the oppressive co

nd out what her grandmother had been hiding and why the sp

tly. At the town library, she approached the reference desk, where a

sual. "I'm looking for old records.

have microfilm in the back

aid. "Edith Monroe. She

e faltered slightly.

I should know abou

there was an incident years ago. A man went missing, and some peopl

churned. "Wha

without a trace, and some folks said he was last seen headi

firmed what the librarian had said: in 1975, Daniel Hayes, a local businessman, vanished under

re Daniel's disappearance. According to the writer, Edith had w

s she read the final

dows that seemed to move on their own and hearing

l Hayes standing beside Edith at the séance. His fa

man Lila had see

er way back to the house, she stopped by Timeless Tomes t

ide, and the man behind the counter

u're not telling me," L

to sit at the small table near the w

who disappeared-Daniel Hayes. I saw him in a vision, an

séances. She was trying to bind spirits to this world. She th

ld she d

business. But there was one spirit..." He hesitated. "It wasn't like the others. It w

think my grandmother trapped

another matter entirely. Whatever's in that house... it doesn't want y

n her pocket, its weight sud

e me the diar

w, "you might be the only one who can