"The 3:03 AM phenomenon," Marcus mused. "The shopkeeper mentioned the 'screams.' If I were a betting man—and I have been for centuries—I'd say we're standing inside a giant instrument."
They spent the next hour exploring the house like a well-oiled machine. It was entertaining, in a way, to use their heightened senses for something as trivial as a local mystery. Kai found a series of hidden copper pipes behind the wallpaper in the dining room. Callum identified a bypass in the manor's original gas lines.
But it was Nova who provided the breakthrough.
The baby, usually content to watch her parents with an unnerving, ancient intelligence, suddenly began to kick her legs. She pointed a small, chubby finger toward the library, making a sharp, rhythmic cluck with her tongue.
"She found the source," Samantha whispered, following her daughter's lead.
