A Samhain Sacrifice

Summary

On last year's Samhain, my brother, Ronan, accompanied his mentee, Celeste Thorne – a young woman with an inherent sensitivity to spiritual entities – to the secluded woodlands for stargazing, celebrating her birthday.

To ensure no lingering malevolence disturbed them, he took with him our family’s ancient relic: the Soul-Quelling Amber.

Unbeknownst to him, a vengeful spirit, one he had gravely wounded in the past, seized the opportunity to infiltrate our estate.

My pregnant sister-in-law, Seraphina, in a desperate act to shield me, was dragged off by the malevolent entity and cast into…