Harrowing Hall — Sky Purington

An English commoner and a Scottish viscount find love amid a haunting mystery. Odd things start happening when Maude arrives at Lord Blake MacLauchlin's castle. An eerie hallway calls to her, bagpipes play that only she hears, and an ancient portrait seems eerily familiar. If that's not enough, she feels a strange sense of belonging that cannot be explained until midnight on All Saints' Eve when she and Blake discover something unbelievable. A shocking secret about Harrowing Hall that will change everything.Will it be for the better, however? Or are some truths best left alone?(Note: This story was first published as part of the Dragonblade Publishing Anthology, A Midnight Requiem, October 2022)