Chapter 5: The Unknown Pull
Anaya woke to a draft entering her bedroom through the window that morning. She could hear the low whistle of the wind as it rushed through the trees outside, but it was too cold for what it should have been. This wasn’t a cold autumn air, a crisp feeling one would want at this time. […]
Chapter 4: The Forsaken Legend
Anaya couldn’t shake the feeling that every step she took in Blackridge, every discovery she made at the excavation site, was part of a much larger and far more sinister puzzle. Her mind churned over symbols she had been finding etched into ancient stone and the chilling whispers she heard last night. There was no […]
Chapter 3: The Ruins of Truth
Chapter 3: The Ruins of Truth She pulls to the edge of the thick forest and kills the SUV rental’s engine. There, the fog is impenetrable, a grey blanket that swallows all sight and sound. Her breath is instantly fogged as she steps out of the vehicle. It chills her bones to see a dampness […]
Chapter 2: The First Whisper
Chapter 2: The First Whisper Anaya sat at the desk in the study room of Dr. Mehra’s abandoned home, laptop open beside her, screen casting a faint glow on mahogany. She had begun scanning the disorganized papers she’d discovered an hour before but one object stood out amongst the haphazardly arranged journals and old maps […]
CH 1- The Whispering Shadows
The taxi juddered down the winding, hilly road to Blackridge, its headlights hacking at swirling fog that seemed to thicken with every passing mile. Back Detective Anaya Kapoor was staring hard at the road but showed very little other than some trees shrouded by mist. She was futzing with the strap to her bag as […]
