The air in Blackwood had a certain weight to it now. No matter how many times I stepped outside to try and breathe in some semblance of normalcy, there was always that lingering feeling—like the shadows never quite left. I couldn’t explain it, but every part of this town seemed tied to something darker. Something I hadn’t fully uncovered yet.
Luca and I had tried to move forward, to pretend that the curse was behind us, that whatever had been haunting us was now gone. But deep down, I knew it wasn’t. The lingering presence wasn’t just in the air, it was in the way I couldn’t quite shake the feeling of being watched. I had hoped, prayed even, that it was just my mind playing tricks. But a part of me wasn’t sure. The darker things we had experienced, the curses, the betrayals—none of that d
