Jedburgh didn’t sleep that night.
Not really.
Even after the blackout ended and the lights flickered back to life, the whole town felt… wrong. Too quiet. Too still. Like the darkness had left something behind.
Lillie Rae barely slept at all.
Every time she closed her eyes, she heard that metallic pulse again — BOOM… BOOM… BOOM — echoing through her bones. Bear lay curled at the foot of her bed, but he kept lifting his head, ears twitching toward the window as if something outside was whispering his name.
By morning, Lillie felt like she’d been awake for a week.
Her mum insisted she go to school anyway.
“Everything’s fine now,” she said, forcing a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “Just a power surge.”
Lillie didn’t argue, but she didn’t believe it either.
And when she met Lilly and Madison at the school gates, she could tell they didn’t believe it either.
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and then Add to home screen.