Darkness

Previously

…The air in the room grew heavy with unspoken tension. Liam, his hand instinctively reaching for the locket in his pocket, felt a chill that had nothing to do with the temperature. Maya, her senses on high alert, noticed the faint, almost imperceptible scent of something sweet and cloying, a scent that stirred a buried memory and a growing dread. David, lost in his labyrinth of theories, was oblivious to the fear he was now sowing, a fear that was starting to feel less like a red herring and more like a chilling premonition. The puzzle pieces were falling into place, but for whom, and with what terrifying consequence, remained to be seen.