Stephen's POV

SIX MONTHS AGO

I meant to tell her earlier. Truly I did. Who I was, what had happened to me. But I just couldn't get the words out to explain. And the longer I put it off, the harder it became to tell her. I had been roaming the house for over a century, and I had never really wanted to reveal myself completely to anyone. Until there was her.

Others had attempted to rent the house before, of course. It ...