Ivy — Wolfe Janice Griffith ((free))

“What are you doing?”

Together, they walked out of the museum’s service exit into the rain, the cursed jade swinging between them—harmless for one more night, because some things are stronger than magic.

“You’re alive,” Ivy breathed.

The shadows in the corner weren’t shadows. They were moving toward them, shapeless and hungry.

“Janice, no—”