What Waits Below
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They came home for a funeral. They found a town that refuses to let them leave.
Leah, Isaiah, Nia, and Cameron haven't been back to Emberwood since the night everything fell apart. But the letter calling them home changes everything.
The boarding house whispers their names. The woods glow in the dark. The streets stretch too long, and the clock in the church tower has been stuck at 9:13 for decades-until now.
Something has been waiting for them.
Something buried.
Something hungry.
The house is only the beginning. The whole town is a trap. And the only way out... is down.
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