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3:05 AM (the Another Universe)

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3:05 AM (the Another Universe)

Chapter1: TheWhisperat 3:05 AM

IT BEGAN ON A STORMLESS NIGHT IN VALMONTA—A TOWN

NESTLED BETWEEN DENSE PINE FORESTS AND CRUMBLING

OLD CATHEDRALS. TIME MOVED SLOWER HERE. THE WIND

CARRIED STORIES, AND THE SHADOWS HAD MEMORY.

IN A SMALL THIRD-FLOOR APARTMENT ABOVE A QUIET

BAKERY, FIORA STIRRED FROM HER SLEEP.

THE AIR WAS STILL, BUT SOMETHING HAD CHANGED.

“FIO. . .RA. . .”

A WHISPER—BARELY AUDIBLE, YET PIERCING. IT WASN’T A

SOUND MEANT TO BE HEARD. IT WAS MEANT TO REACH.

FIORA’S EYES FLEW OPEN. HER HEART THUDDED LOUD

ENOUGH TO FILL THE SILENCE. SHE SAT UP, BRUSHING AWAY

THE STRANDS OF HAIR STICKING TO HER CHEEK,

LISTENING.

NOTHING.

HER HAND REACHED FOR HER PHONE, AN OLD ROTARYSTYLE DEVICE WITH A MODERN HEART. IT WAS DEAD.

BUT IT WAS JUST WORKING A FEW HOURS AGO. SHE HAD

PLUGGED IT IN, WATCHED THE BATTERY RISE BEFORE SLEEP

TOOK HER.

CHILLS CREPT UP HER SPINE.

SHE LOOKED AT THE TIME—3: 0 5 AM. THE HANDS OF THE

ANTIQUE CLOCK TICKED STEADILY, AS IF NOTHING

UNUSUAL HAD HAPPENED.

SHE LAY BACK DOWN, COVERS TIGHT, TRYING TO BREATHE

SLOW.

THE NEXT NIGHT, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. AND THE NEXT.

ALWAYS AT 3: 0 5 . ALWAYS THE WHISPER. ALWAYS THE NAME.

SHE TRIED SLEEPING AT HER FRIEND’S HOME, THINKING

MAYBE IT WAS JUST. . . THE PLACE. BUT THE WHISPER

FOLLOWED. EVEN IN ANOTHER BUILDING.

STILL, SHE SAID NOTHING. A 2 3-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

TRAINING TO BE A PILOT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE AFRAID

OF GHOSTS.

UNTIL THAT EVENING—8 PM—STANDING OUTSIDE HER

APARTMENT.

SHE LOOKED UP, AND FROZE.

THERE, IN HER WINDOW, WAS A WOMAN. PALE. MOTIONLESS.

HER HAIR FALLING DOWN LIKE THICK BLACK VINES. A

WHITE DRESS FADED INTO THE DIM ORANGE OF THE

STREETLIGHT. HER EYES. . . LOCKED ONTO FIORA’S.

THAT GAZE PIERCED HER SOUL.

THAT NIGHT DIDN’T JUST SCARE FIORA. IT AWAKENED

SOMETHING INSIDE HER. CURIOSITY. A STRANGE HUNGER

FOR ANSWERS. THE FEAR TWISTED INTO FASCINATION.

SOMETHING SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE'D FEEL TOWARD THE

THINGS THAT HAUNTED HER.

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF HER PATH.

THE ONE THAT WOULD LEAD HER STRAIGHT TO LUCA

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