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The shadow 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚜𝚑𝚠ood

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so the letter had his name on it already, does that mean someone knew he'd come, or that it's been there waiting his whole life?

so the letter had his name on it already, does that mean someone knew he'd come, or that it's been there waiting his whole life?

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 1: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜.

𝙸𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕, 𝚊 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝙰𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚛. 𝙿𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚍. 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝.

𝚂𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙰𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚟 𝙼𝚎𝚑𝚝𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜.

𝚄𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢.

𝙰𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛, 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚢 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐.

"𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚙𝚊'𝚜 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎," 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏.

𝙰 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝.

𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜.

𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚛𝚑𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚖𝚜, 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝙰𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚟 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢.

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚊𝚔 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚔.

𝙾𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚎.

𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚝.

𝙰𝙰𝚁𝙰𝚅 𝙼𝙴𝙷𝚃𝙰

𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚍.

"𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎?"

𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚕.

𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛.

𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍.

𝙳𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑.

𝙷𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍.

𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚢.

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎.

𝙰 𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝.

𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍.

𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍.

𝙱𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙰𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚟 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚜.

𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗.

𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜.

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎...

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎."

**𝚃𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍.. .**

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    • quick_gut_check

      so the letter had his name on it already, does that mean someone knew he'd come, or that it's been there waiting his whole life?

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    • just_curious_tho

      why do you think he didn't believe the stories until today? was it the "i'm 17" thing, or something else about how the village talked about it?

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    • nodding_along

      the part about the portraits following him and the grandfather clocks ticking at different speeds, that unsettled feeling is so well built

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    • maybe_im_wrong

      idk, the whole vibe of a mansion that sounds like it's *waiting* for something hits different. feels less haunted and more like... intentional?

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