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nothing happened so I gave up. I was teasing Owen about his snoring the next day and when I played the recording for him, we heard it.”
    Talon shrugged. “It’s too hard to make out what she’s saying.”
    “Come look at this.” Owen led us to his room.
    His room was similar to mine with very few things taking up space, especially compared to his brother’s room. But what he did have was neat as a pin: a weight bench, twin bed, dresser, nightstand, and some shelves with a stereo and trophies. Most of them had little baseball players or gloves from Little League.
    He went around his weight bench and pointed to a place on the wall. “The next morning, after that was recorded, we found a mark here. The very same kind of mark we saw at your house.”
    “What do you think it is?” I asked, noticing a faint trace on the wall.
    “Bragg Light,” Owen answered, as if it should be obvious.
    “Yeah, probably,” I said. “But what exactly? What does it want? Why is it here? Is it just some unexplained phenomenon or is there more to it?” I sighed. “Are we safe?” I folded my arms and stepped closer to Talon. He put his arm around me.
    Owen shrugged. “Look, this thing, whatever it is, it’s never touched us. It hasn’t hurt us. It doesn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason, which makes me think it’s not intelligent. It’s probably just residual.” He seemed pleased with his analysis.
    “Let me get this straight,” I said. “This thing locked me in the bathroom and you think it’s residual. Really? It sounds pretty intelligent to me.” I knew he was wrong, but he didn’t know about my Shadows.
    “Yes, I do.” He nodded.
    “Wait, what’s residual?” Talon was still trying to keep up.
    I answered, hoping I’d make sense. “It’s like a recording in time. It’s recorded energy from the past that just plays over and over.”
    Hunter interrupted, “It’s not intelligent. Which means it doesn’t know that it exists. It just does. It’s the most common type of a haunting and usually occurs in places where there are natural conductors like the underground springs in this area.” He waited for Talon’s reaction.
    “I think that’s all it is.” Owen nodded. “Recorded energy from the past.”
    “That would only explain the voices and the orbs, maybe, but what about the bathroom lights going out and the locks? And besides, doesn’t the energy have to be from some strong emotion or traumatic event to be recorded in the first place? Has anything bad happened around here?” I turned to Hunter for my answer.
    “Not since we moved in almost a year ago. No telling what happened here in the past, but I doubt that is even a requirement.” He shrugged.
    “Have you told anyone?” I figured they hadn’t since they were just telling us.
    “No, just you and Talon. Granny would get too worked up about the marks.” Hunter lowered his brow. “That reminds me. I have to go set a trap.”
    “Wait,” I blurted. I had to do it now. I had to tell them about the Shadows. A sensation of overwhelming fear come across me like it had in the bathroom, except this time it was my fear of them not believing me, or worse, judging me.
    “What’s the matter, Lily?” Talon asked. His arm slipped from around my waist and then his hand closed around mine.
    I was surprised when Hunter stepped forward and put a hand on my shoulder. “You have something else to tell us,” he said. It surely wasn’t a question. He could tell.
    “You can tell us anything, Lily,” Owen encouraged.
    “I haven’t told you the whole truth,” I said. Talon dropped my hand and I was suddenly unsure again. “I see things in the dark. I always have. Well, not just things , Shadows to be specific. I saw one last night and today in the bathroom, too.” I watched their faces change and Talon sighed.
    “Why didn’t you tell me?” He took my hand again, his thumb stroking the back of my knuckles.
    “No one has ever believed me, only my