Curse of the crimson moon

ia Cent gripped the steering wheel harder while her car's headlights cut through the foggy night. A decade passed since she drove this road b

medical explanation for her loss remained unprocessed by Olivia. Her mother and she hadn't talked for y

peared through the mist showing its fading paint which displayed "Welcome to Mallow Gli

er as she applied more pr

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two-story colonial structure with dark shutters and a porch that visibly sagged. Watching it sent a sudden feeling of discomfor

w mirror revealed her tired face with dark circles under her hazel eyes and auburn hair loosely tied in a mes

r window shocked her into turning a

ichael Reed" while lo

er in a park ranger's uniform with his broad shoulders filling it out. After his dark hai

sistent voice. "I heard you were comi

liable friend throughout high school who she could always depend on when her mother's unpredictable mood swings b

e to take her suitcase from the tr

ter everything," he as

ying "I'm here just

and refrained from a

tairs on the wooden porch. The door made a loud noise when sh

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re remained exactly as she remembered with white sheets covering it like ghosts who'd been forgotten. The walls di

ed arranged for two people although dust had layered over the plates. Guilt twisted within her chest l

dressed to her with her mother's precise writing. Opening

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h surpasses your current understanding although you need to practice caution. This to

her mother's hand shook as she wrote it. Her spine tingled

at

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to breathe while swarms of dust motes danced within the light beam. A towering stack of boxes co

nt part of the attic. The trunk showed its age through heavy weight and cracked leather

d covers and yellowed pages. She took off th

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ns of this town by standing against the darkness that hides within the forest. But the cost...it's

ccording to her mother's writings the first settlers of Mallow Glide entered into an agreement with an ancient power to defend their land

ed as she read t

the curse is waking. Without interven

d Olivia and she almost let go of the journal. She r

h. The wide-brimmed hat shadowed the older woman's sharp blue ey

ice that flowed like honey. "We have

one of suspicion what her pu

a warning. The pull of this town draws people into

Olivia Marian placed a silver wol

be essential," before adding, "Don't

nto the fog which left Olivia holdin

other's words envelop her like a heavy cloak. The truth aw