The Kieran's Curse

sound of keyboards clacking and phones buzzing filled the air, but her mind wa

something meaningful that

itor's voice pulled h

s office, waving a folder in his hand. His usual untidy loo

le a detective more than

, Pa

", he said, tossing th

ents: a black-and-white photograph of a teenage gir

" she asked, rai

. Her family has been asking questions, but the local p

s?" Eliana ask

es, no clue

he photograph of

ng?" Eliana murmured

missing there more often than anyone reports. The local police say i

serial killing?" Eliana asked, he

is tone turning serious. "The residents of New Raven Town are quite

here might be som

y you're go

her head. "You're not sending me to

is that there's a story here, and no one seems to be discussing it. Especially one

th whispers of strange occurrences, fascinated her more than she wanted to admit. It was a chan

sked, raisin

closed the folde

en. You lea

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Eliana's voice

n this as soo

oad that seemed endless. Trees flanked both sides of the highway, th

onto a muddy road as her GPS instructed. The sign for New Rave

own's center. As she arrived, the first thing that struck her was

re afraid to speak or get close to her. She pulled into the town square, where a handful of small

's atmosphere settle heavily on her shoulders. New

asped. His face and sunken eyes scrutinized her w

ely. "Just visiting

? What have you

ent missing two weeks ago."

b, right?

w anything

sk the loc

nt to disclose an

"You are not going to find anything. No one will say anything. They'v

ind of

oesn't conc

ll so afraid of

a low whisper. "This isn't the first time someone has gone missing

rning her with his words. She sighed. It was not the first time she had b

aven Town in the distance, looming,

ace with worn carpets. The innkeeper was a man in his fifties w

ournalist who

ls fast around the

he girl. Lia?", t

ll be able to find so

time, "Lady, i would advise you to leave soo

mean there might be someth

om. Whatever was happening in this town she was not quite sure, but the more people wanted

rtable, her eyes flicking at the window, as she pushed aside the curtai

out," she said w