Phantom Pages

Cassia Rowe

The night was calm, and it was quite unsettling to me. The usual comfort of the mansion’s walls felt thin, as though the tension outside had seeped in. I sat in the study, the flickering fireplace doing little to ease my unease. Something about the way Darius had spoken earlier lingered in my mind, his voice tinged with a raw, almost desperate edge.

“Mom?” Callum’s voice cut through