Poisoned Prophecy

by an ancient prophecy: she would speak three

under this const

teenager, a rough whisper to my

ur high-rise balcony, an "acci

stood in the doorway, simply watching him

n, Blackwood Creek, leaving me w

agile peace, but Mom's cryptic second words to

ny railing, vacant-eyed, just like Dad, sav

Mom's third utterance, "Sarah, listen to m

w with terror, n

: Evelyn Hayes found dead, an ap

t warning, after t

felt like a carefully constructed li

d to bel

ords, her love, and her impos

ecrets, and I swore to uncov