The lights were on.
A fire burned in the hearth.
He stumbled over his own feet and nearly fell as he went into the room, and when he caught himself, he saw them.
Both his mother and his father.
Hank and Fiona Ryan.
Dead, but still they were there.
Each sat in a chair. Each held a book and a glass of wine.
They looked worn and battered, far older than he remembered, yet he knew it was from their time in hell with Vivienne.
His parents smiled at him.
Shane dropped to his knees and began to weep.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Shane, September 1st, 1982
Chapter 2: Shane, March 20, 2016
Chapter 3: Shane, September 15th, 1982
Chapter 4: Standing in Front of Hell
Chapter 5: Graduation, Parris Island, South Carolina, 1994
Chapter 6: Finding Courage
Chapter 7: Shane, May 3rd, 1983
Chapter 8: In the House
Chapter 10: Trespassing
Chapter 11: Shane, November 6th, 1985
Chapter 12: Shane, November 7th, 1985
Chapter 13: Whispers in the Walls
Chapter 14: Shane, December 12th, 1985
Chapter 15: Why He Returned
Chapter 16: Investigation
Chapter 17: The Little Place of Forgetting, August 1st, 1986
Chapter 18: Carl and the Remembering
Chapter 19: Shane, October 1, 1986
Chapter 20: The Morning Arrives
Chapter 21: Forced to Wait
Chapter 22: Shane, October 27, 1986
Chapter 23: Getting a Cup of Coffee
Chapter 24: Shane, September 19th, 1987
Chapter 25: Introductions are Made
Chapter 26: Shane, December 31st, 1988
Chapter 27: The Root Cellar
Chapter 28: With the Musician
Chapter 29: Shane, January 20, 1989
Chapter 30: A Glass of Wine
Chapter 31: Shane, February 10, 1988
Chapter 32: Alone
Chapter 33: A Visitor
Chapter 34: Shane and the Furnace, February 29, 1988
Chapter 35: Remembering
Chapter 36: With the Benefit of Years
Chapter 37: Looking for a Ride
Chapter 38: Meeting the Mishals
Chapter 39: Shane, August 15th, 1988
Chapter 40: What to do about the Map?
Chapter 41: Marie Finds She Must Believe
Chapter 42: Shane, April 9, 1989
Chapter 43: A Decision is Made
Chapter 44: Going into the House
Chapter 45: Herman, August 27, 1947
Chapter 46: Searching for the Entrance
Chapter 47: A Meeting of Old Friends
Chapter 48: A Difficult Journey
Chapter 49: Herman, July 14, 1947
Chapter 50: Walking towards her Room
Chapter 51: Shane, October 31, 1990
Chapter 52: Going In
Chapter 53: Vivienne Returns to Her Room
Chapter 54: Two Weeks Later