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  1. PREFACE
  2. Full Page Image
  3. ONE
  4. TWO
  5. One week ago
  6. THREE
  7. Present day
  8. FOUR
  9. FIVE
  10. SIX
  11. SEVEN
  12. EIGHT
  13. NINE
  14. TEN
  15. ELEVEN
  16. TWELVE
  17. THIRTEEN
  18. FOURTEEN
  19. FIFTEEN
  20. SIXTEEN
  21. SEVENTEEN
  22. EIGHTEEN
  23. NINETEEN
  24. TWENTY
  25. TWENTY-ONE
  26. TWENTY-TWO
  27. TWENTY-THREE
  28. TWENTY-FOUR
  29. TWENTY-FIVE
  30. TWENTY-SIX
  31. TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. TWENTY-NINE
  34. THIRTY
  35. THIRTY-ONE
  36. THIRTY-TWO
  37. THIRTY-THREE
  38. THIRTY-FOUR
  39. THIRTY-FIVE
  40. THIRTY-SIX
  41. THIRTY-SEVEN
  42. THIRTY-EIGHT
  43. THIRTY-NINE
  44. FORTY
  45. FORTY-ONE
  46. FORTY-TWO
  47. FORTY-THREE
  48. FORTY-FOUR
  49. FORTY-FIVE
  50. FORTY-SIX
  51. FORTY-SEVEN
  52. FORTY-EIGHT
  53. FORTY-NINE
  54. FIFTY
  55. FIFTY-ONE
  56. FIFTY-TWO
  57. FIFTY-THREE
  58. FIFTY-FOUR
  59. FIFTY-FIVE
  60. FIFTY-SIX
  61. FIFTY-SEVEN
  62. FIFTY-EIGHT
  63. FIFTY-NINE
  64. SIXTY
  65. SIXTY-ONE
  66. SIXTY-TWO

You must quit The Wishing Game. You must do so before the third trial. By now, you should have already given your consent to continue in the game, but before the third trial starts, you can, at any point, withdraw that consent. It is a small loophole that not too many are aware of, but no one will deny you should you summon a wraith and withdraw.

What the hell? Anger bubbles inside of me. Why is everyone telling me to quit the game? Yet the next sentence catches my attention before I can crumple the piece of paper and throw it aside.

You are probably ready to put the letter down, thinking you could never give up on your husband—that the only way to get him back is to win the game. Unfortunately, that is false. Winning the game will not get Nicholas back. On the contrary, your continuation in the game will jeopardize everything. Nicholas's soul is not with the House of Psyche. That means no god, and no Supreme can return him to you because to them, he does not exist.

But there is one way you can get him back.

He is with you, at every moment, whether you know it or not. But to get back the man you love, you will need to be free of the Game and free of any vow that might lay claim on your soul. I have laid out further instructions for you, which shall find you when the time is right. I cannot emphasize enough that this requires the utmost secrecy. It is why I cannot divulge too much in this letter for fear someone else might intercept it. If anyone else should find out about this, it is not just your fate or that of your husband that hangs in balance, but that of the entire universe. I am being cryptic, I realize. But this is much more important than you realize—than even I realized. But for our loved ones, we must do whatever it takes to keep them safe.

I am aware this is a lot to take in, but as a sign of good faith and to show I can be trusted, I will leave you with this information. The writing on your skin—it is a promise. There is nothing evil about it, nor is it something to be afraid of. It is a vow written in blood, and in a matter of days, that vow will be fulfilled. When that happens, the mark of a new beginning will arise.

This is not the last you shall hear from me, but by the next time, I hope I will have earned your trust.

Yours,

A.S.L.