Shadows of the Past

this cryptic message. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up as she wondered what kind of secret he had hidden all thes

elt colder now, as though the walls themselves were closing in on her. It had been so long since she had set foot here. It almost felt as

ctures, no more silence betwe

meaning behind his last words. As she rifled through the scattered papers, a faded photograph caught her eye. It was an old black-and-white pho

if she had seen her face before, though she couldn't place it. The photograph had no name or date

ny woman like this. Who was she? And why had he kept this photo hi

bed since her father's death. Pulling a chair over, Claire began to sift through the books, most of which were historical texts that her father had a

ad haunted the town for decades. According to the book, Eden had vanished without a trace one stormy night, leaving behind only a few cryptic clues-a broken necklace, a lett

ory was chillingly familiar. The same photo she had just discovered in her father's stud

o place. Could her father have been involved in the investigation all those yea

The ocean churned in the distance, dark and restless. The winds had picked up, howling through the trees as if warning he