This story takes place in 1772, eleven years after Clara's story.

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Daniel watched the rain roll down the window. The glass's flaws made misshapen bubbles in the outside world; strange pockets of deformed darkness.

Lightning sizzled through heavy clouds and he closed his eyes against the flash. He opened them again, to turn back to the house. One large room with a fireplace and chunky, rustic furniture. It looked the same as a hundred others in the ...