The Cursed Threshold

t the silence wasn't comforting-it was suffocating. The kind o

d as she brought the cup to her lips, the taste bitter and unsatisfying. Mark paced back and forth in t

tuffed bear clutched tightly in his arms. He hadn'

. "We need to get out

on and frustration. "And go where, Tess? We don't have anywhere e

ed. "I don't care what it costs. I'm not

. I don't know how to explain this to anyone. If we try

but now it was all she could think about. "Then what do we

spond, a loud crash

from the kitchen, Ma

rounded by shards of broken glass. The window had shattered, and the

y?" Tess asked, ru

ide with fear. "It wa

" Mark asked, s

outside. They were just standing there, sta

ng unusual-just the overgrown backyard and the

uddy," he said, though his v

sted. "And they looked... wr

ah, holding him close. "It's ok

the floor and felt a chill run down her spine. Each shard was

nto her own hands. She couldn't just sit around wait

ed her phone and began searching for information abo

Manor had

ve been involved in occult practices. Over the years, the property had changed hands multiple times, with

asement, but the dimensions didn't match what Mark had described. According to the pl

he space he saw

d a grainy photo of the symbols etched on the basement d

onfronted Mark with

irm. "There's something here-something connec

at if we leave and this... thing follows us? We

that, Mark. It's already targeting Noah. If

ted by the sound of Noah sc

ng in front of the basement door, hi

en," he

kness beyond it seeming to p

away from the doorway. "Go to y

ut

G

before runnin

ess. "We need to

asked, her v

duct tape and began wrapping it around th

hispers began again

ave

es darting around the

tered, his hands fum

ir grew colder. The lights flickere

as it started, the

led door. "That should hold it," he said,

wasn't

eiling, her mind racing. She knew sealing the door was only a tem

ight, she h

d of footsteps on the stairs. But as

p, her hea

d just outside t

, she heard it-a sing

ss.