(You can find Elsa in the Amaranthine saga & Brothers of Darkness she is the one who turned Michael. Lennon can be found in Brothers of Darkness. This story takes place in a small New Hampshire town in the early 1980s.)

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The knock on the door was unexpected but welcome. Elsa jumped from the couch and dashed to answer it, fingers crossed behind her back. Please let it be Tristan. Please let it be Tristan.

She opened the door and there he was, ...