There was a note inside. It said, simply, ‘In case you are ever tempted to try again.’
TWENTY-TWO
Under the Ruins
I
n the darkest crevice of the basement beneath the burned-out ruins of the Murdstone Rest Home, something rustled. Two dim lights shone for a moment, illuminating the soot-stained brickwork, but then they faded, leaving the basement seamlessly black.