The Shadows we keep

Re

years l

e town seemed frozen in time, its charm worn but still evident. Kate's return was

p are the lies we tell." Scrawled on the wall near the latest dis

lice station, she spotted

said, his expression seri

of problem?

just received a letter. It reads

at. Emily's disappearance

se?" Kat

letter says: 'The shadows w

illing message. Emily's family had received similar

letter?" Kat

DNA," Ryan replied. "Just a plain whit

to forensics. I want to know

ed. "Alre

feeling that she was being watched. Ravenswood's small-town charm now se

os. The latest disappearance, 17-year-old Sarah Lee, had left behind

w about Sarah?"

r, no known enemies. Her parents reported her mi

to. "I want to talk to her friends,

"Already started canvassing. But

t is

trange occurrences before she vanished. Doors slamming shut,

disappearance had been mark

heme emerged: Ravenswood's teens had been experiencing t

in the corner of my room

s in the hallway

olving Sarah's disappearance lay in

ne buzzed. A text fr

e back, Kate. The shado

h possibilities. The message scrawled on the wall, "The

t the victim?" Kate a

" Ryan replied. "Her parents reported her miss

. "This isn't a typical abduction.

keep... It sounds like a refe

ly's disappearance. The same

e, Kate's phone buzzed. A

mily's case. The

pped a beat. Who

ig up Emily's file," K

ed serious. "You think

e everything: interviews, ev

d began typing

to the message on the wal

and the air seemed to thicken. K

're being watched

t the area. "I d

knew what

rviewing Sarah's friends and family. Each c

hed," her best friend, Jenna, said. "She m

perked up.

. She thought someo

turned to Ryan. "Shadows again.

k we're dealing with

local diner, where Sar

seemed shaken," Kate obs

imed to be working late at his

with possibilities.

interviews, Kate re

in Ravenswood's history.

. She would uncover the t

tation. The texts, the message on the wall, and the

deeper into Rave

sat down with Ryan

earances," Ryan said, scrolling through old records. "M

But what about the ones

of an ancient cult, thought to be

rest piqued

they worshipped an enti

to Emily's disappearanc

a pattern: all unexplained disappearanc

nt about the equi

be it's a symbolic

hone buz

e Black Oak. It's connecte

pped a beat. Who

any references to the Bl

ed and be

casting Ravenswood in an eerie twilig

te's Person

ld photo on her desk: Emily

d over Kate. She shoul

desk jolted her

got something," the offic

quickened.

Sarah arguing with someone at th

he phone tighten

od look, but... they mentioned the person wa

single focus: finding Sarah