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The first hour at the hospital was a blur to Celine. Roman was starting to come around as they arrived and the paramedics were rolling him into the emergency room. He wasn’t coherent, but he was conscious enough to grip Celine’s hand once more before they wheeled him away. Then it was paperwork and signatures […]

Dr. Degas was still on the line with Celine when her van came screeching up in front of the medical center. Her own heart pounding now, Dr. Degas grabbed a wheelchair and met them at the door, trying to shove aside the dread that was flooding into her stomach. Maybe the symptoms were wrong. Maybe […]

Roman was embarrassed that he had to draw a line on running today. It wasn’t happening. He’d woken up with a chest cold that had clearly settled in overnight. So even though he was meeting Noah today, it wasn’t going to be down at the track. He’d do a lot of things, but running when […]

Noah woke up early, blinking up at the ceiling from what he quickly realized was the floor beside his bed. He’d been sleepwalking again, but at least he hadn’t gotten too far this time. Though, judging from the wide bruise forming on his thigh, the thing that had stopped him was the small table he’d […]

As much as Iris tried to show nothing but professionalism and an aura of calm at the archive, by the time she got back to her apartment that night, she was shaking. A third Harbinger, with part of its pages removed? Proof that the town was trying to erase all history of the curse? And […]

The leather on the front of the tiny book looked pale and worn, like it had been crushed under heavy objects and neglected for decades. And, as Judith explained the process of digging through mountains of forgotten papers in the archive’s basement, Iris realized that was exactly what had happened. “It was hidden,” Judith said […]

It was busy at the shop. Iris couldn’t remember the last time there had been this many customers. Maybe they’d been referred here by a news article or something. But she wasn’t going to complain, not when it was money coming in. She was at the register, checking customers out as the line remained at […]

Cleo wasn’t looking forward to this conversation, but it had to be done. She had about two hours until she had to be at her mom’s and The Blossom Step were having rehearsal in their usual studio space about halfway between Boston and Fitchburg. Cleo had driven out here too so that they could all […]

Roman was aching by the time he left the meeting that evening. He’d tried to argue with himself that he wasn’t that much older than Noah. He could easily keep up. But judging from the way his legs and lower back were feeling, maybe he needed to check his ego a little next time. But […]

When Roman had agreed to be Noah Kelly’s AA sponsor, he’d assumed it would be a lot like back when he’d had a sponsor. Maybe they’d meet up for coffee a couple times a week. He’d probably end up answering some late-night phone calls when things got rough. And he was happy to do it. […]