Chapter 4 — The Pendant Awakens

Harper

The silver pendant around Harper’s neck was warm against her skin, its heat pulsating faintly like a heartbeat. She pressed her fingers to it absently, her brow furrowed as she stared out the frost-covered window of Summit Ridge Lodge. Outside, the blizzard raged with unrelenting ferocity, the howling wind muffled by the thick glass. Snow swirled in furious gusts, painting the world in a relentless veil of white. The lodge creaked under the storm’s pressure, its timbered walls groaning like an old ship braving turbulent seas.