Finally, the house was quiet and bedded down for the night. All of the séance guests had left, including David Bradley, who was staying with his family in town, and who promised to return the next day to keep Amelia company.
After Concordia prepared for bed, she paced restlessly around the room. She felt not at all sleepy. The package from her father was foremost in her mind. What did the bracelet mean? What lay in Randolph Wells’ past that she didn’t know? Was she really in danger, or was this just a melodramatic trick? But to what end? And why was this all coming back now?
Then there were the questions about Colonel Adams’ death, and what Sophia knew. Concordia was convinced her friend was hiding something. Could Sophia be responsible for her own father’s death? The relationship be
