Chapter 13 - The Power Goes OutSophie reached for her phone.
Dead.
Claire checked hers.
No service.
Then the lights flickered.
Once.
Twice.
Darkness.
The refrigerator stopped humming.
The heater died.
Outside, footsteps crunched over the gravel.
Vance had returned.
He had cut the power.
He had blocked the signal.
And he knew they had found the box.
A window shattered.
Glass exploded across the floor.
Vance stepped inside.
“Sophie!”
His voice echoed through the cabin.
“Give me the box.”
Sophie handed it to Claire.
“Take Evelyn upstairs.”
Claire refused.
“I’m not leaving you.”
“You have to.”
Footsteps approached.
Vance was no longer pretending.
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He wanted the evidence.
And he was willing to kill for it.
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Chapter 17 - A New BeginningThe Fox Lake Retreat opened its doors.
Chapter 18 - What SurvivedMark was convicted.
Chapter 19 - The LetterMonths later, a white envelope arrived at the retreat.
