Out of Grounds

Chapter 6 drops Wednesday at 8:30:

https://www.wattpad.com/story/413010612-out-of-grounds

Mara Vale walked away from her old life years ago.
She doesn't talk about the Redline Event.
She doesn't talk about her family.
And she definitely doesn't talk about the name she buried the night everything fell apart.

Now she runs a quiet coffee shop on Bainbridge Island.
Or she tries to.

When a ghost glitches into three people at once, a terrified medium collapses, and the espresso machine starts screaming like it's alive, Mara realizes the world she left behind has finally caught up to her.

Someone from her past has been trying to reach her.
Someone she's spent years avoiding.
Someone who knows the name she swore she'd never hear again.

And when that name is spoken aloud, something inside her wakes up-something she thought she'd killed.

With a ticking clock counting down to another disaster, Mara is forced back into a world of Veil‑touched secrets, Underfog politics, and a family legacy she never wanted.

Because the Veil is stirring.
The Underfog is rising.
And the Sound is calling her home.