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Welcome to end too the night.
I'm Narri your guide on today's excursion down

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a twisted path. Be careful not
to get lost. Be it dark or

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light, it's easy to lose your
way. Are you ready? Then let's

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begin the Stowaway Part two. Go
get out of here, Ryan, what

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we need to get out of here? Whatever has killed the people from three

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C is following us. If you
hadn't passed that car, that would have

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been us. Ryan hesitated, but
when he saw the fear in her eyes,

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he hit the gas. They heard
another loud crash behind them, and

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another piece of concrete had fallen to
the street below. My god, that's

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where we were. Ryan nervously looked
in the rear of your mirror and accelerated

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to leave the area and hit the
open highway ahead. I'm telling you something

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is trying to kill you. I
had a really bad feeling about this.

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I should have told you something already, but I didn't want you to think

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I'm nuts. What's that? Ryan
kept his eyes on the road and gripped

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the steering wheel hard. My grandmother
told me to always trust my gut.

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She said, our family is sensitive
to danger, and we know when something

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isn't right. It's more than logic. It's something that goes all the way

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to my core. I've never felt
it more than I do with this.

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I don't think you're crazy. If
such abilities exist, I'm not surprised you're

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capable of picking up on something that's
dangerous. You're sweet and empathetic. Most

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people aren't like you. That's one
reason why I look. He stopped,

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and he turned his face toward the
window. His face was flushing. It's

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okay to say, Ryan, I
love you too. It's fast, but

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I know I love you. He
exhaled the breath he'd held and reached his

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hand out for hers. I love
you too, Cheryl. Even if people

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would think that we are crazy for
that, they laughed. Now what do

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we do with about whatever this thing
is? Maybe we can come up with

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a plan out here in the country. I know the way to my grandparents'

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place. Our family still owns it, but it's been abandoned for years.

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I think that would be a good
place to talk through things. Nearly an

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hour later, Ryan and Cheryl arrived
at what everyone in the area called the

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Old Hancock Place. My mom's family
has lived here for generations. The house

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is amazing, and the view from
here is incredible. Why isn't anyone living

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here? The city called just about
all of us, and no one wanted

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to drive an hour or more to
get to work. Makes sense, but

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what a shame to have this place
just sitting vacant. Come on, let's

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go for a walk down by the
barn and then I'll give you a tour

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of the house. They walked along
a path that led to the barnyard and

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pasture. Wild flowers waved in the
breeze, and the air smelled cleaner than

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Ryan had smelled in a long time. This reminds me of trips to see

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my cousins in Indiana when I was
a kid, only this place is even

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more breath taking. I'd forgotten how
much I enjoy the countryside. I've been

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so caught up in my job.
This is the first time I've taken any

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time away from the city, and
I can't remember how long. I know

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what you mean, I love it
out here. I need to do this

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more often. A screech overhead made
them jump. It's only a hawk,

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but we need to start thinking of
how to combat this thing. Ryan pointed

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back toward the direction of Cincinnati.
I don't sense it here, but we

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shouldn't waste time. Let's go to
the house and see what we can come

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up with. They walked back to
the house hand in hand and walked up

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the steps to the wrap around porch. This is amazing. Wait until we're

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inside. All of my grandma's antiques
are still here. It feels like a

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time capsule when I visit this house. Cheryl pulled a key out of a

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zipperd side pocket on her purse and
opened the door. Wow, was all

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Ryan could say as he turned in
every direction to look at the beautiful interior

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of the home. Over here's the
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My grandparents were big readers. As
he thumbed through the titles on the

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shelves, he became even more impressed
by her family. Cheryl showed him around

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the house, taking him from top
to bottom. On the third floor,

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he asked what the overhead trap door
went to. You know, I'm not

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sure. Grandpa always called it Grandma's
sitting room, and we kids weren't allowed

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in it. Should we take a
look? Definitely? Ryan pulled the rope

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hanging from the door and a ladder
descended. They carefully climbed the rungs and

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stepped into the attic slash study.
WHOA, there's a desk, drawings and

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a whole other library up here.
Yeah, I had no idea any of

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this was up here. These books
look old. Ryan picked one up from

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the shelf and sat down at the
desk to go through it. Cheryl chose

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one and sat on the upholstered armchair
next to the window. The pair quietly

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thumbed through the pages of the books
they held. Then they looked up at

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each other. Is yours like mine? Is it filled with uh? Spiritual

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information? That's a nice way of
putting it, Ryan, I wouldn't call

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your grandmother a witch, not at
all. What I've read is definitively Christian

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in nature. These are more like
books discussing the protection of good against evil.

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I think that's a good way of
putting it. Grandpa and Grandpa were

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always devout believers. This isn't to
be used for harm, but for good.

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Look at the inscription in the front
of this book. It says for

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Adele Hancock August eighteen ten, and
it's signed by Ana Spruce Hancock. Adele

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was my grandmother's grandmother. Aina must
have been a family member that came over

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here during the time of the Revolutionary
War. The information held in these books

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goes back centuries. Ryan looked at
her, Cheryl, I think we were

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meant to find this room today before
something happens. The slabs of concrete that

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fell from that building were aimed at
us. Let's gather these books and take

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them with us. We can pore
over them at my apartment and find out

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if there's anything that will help us. They carried the book carefully down the

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ladder and out to the car.
The wind whipped from the south, and

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Ryan had to catch the front door
to keep it from slamming back on its

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hinges. A dark cloud crackled with
lightning in the distance. I think something's

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angry. Cheryl grabbed an amulet from
the drawing table in her grandmother's secret room

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on their last trip to gather books
and drawings. At the last minute,

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she turned and grabbed her grandmother's shawl
that hung on the back of the chair.

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Yeah. I don't think it likes
that we came here. That must

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mean we have something powerful to stop
it. Let's hope we do. Give

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me the keys, I'll drive Cheryl
handed him the keys and put the last

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of the books in the back seat. She kept the amulet with the crucifix

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with her. The angry wind followed
them on their way home, and twice

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large oak trees came within feet of
falling onto Cheryl's car. Lightning struck all

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around them as they drove. This
is no normal thought understorm, Ryan said,

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through clenched jaws. Are you afraid? Do you want to lie or

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the truth? Cheryl laughed aloud.
Whatever makes me feel better. Looks like

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you get a lie, then I'm
great. The two burst out laughing.

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No one else can make me laugh
under these circumstances. We're being hounded by

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an evil force, and only you, Ryan Taylor, could make this funny.

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I guess it's my hidden talent.
We're almost your complex. When I

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park, will grab the books and
make a run for the door. He

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parked in the closest space possible,
and they dashed to her apartment. The

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howling wind blew debris against the door
as they closed it behind them. Holy

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shit, this is ugly. Cheryl
cleared the newspapers away and set the books

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in her arms on the coffee table. Ryan placed his armful next to hers.

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Time to see what we can find
out. The lights flickered, but

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Cheryl position the amulet in front of
them and said, I think this will

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ward it off. Let's hope no
flying dragons or asteroids decide to fall on

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your apartment. Ryan winked at her. That would get the neighbor's attention.

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The two set to work, going
through page after page of the books.

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Cheryl take a look at this.
She leaned over to see what he pointed

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at. She read the passage aloud. A goffin is an evil spirit that

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attaches itself to personal items owned by
its next victim. Once it has killed

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its prey, it returns to its
hiding spot to wait for another victim.

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Ryan shook his head. How would
it attach itself to personal items it's been

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hunting down passengers who travel from all
over? Cheryl's eyes widened. Only passengers

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who sat in seat three C and
all of you only had carry on luggage

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that you stored in the overhead bi
That must be where it hides waiting for

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the next passenger to put their bag
there. Ryan ran his fingers through his

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hair and continued reading. A goffin
is an eternal being and can never be

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killed. Cheryl looked frantic. There
has to be something we can do.

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We can't let it win. I'm
not going to lose you now. I'm

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not done. There's a way.
What can we do? Once a goffin

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has chosen a victim, it can
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The victim will be spared, but
it will find a new hiding place

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and seek another victim once it's been
relocated. Ryan looked at Cheryl. I

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I can't do this. I can't
save myself by making other people victims.

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I won't do it. Ryan,
listen to me. If this thing is

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indestructible, it will continue killing,
whether you're its victim or not. We

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can't stop that. We can save
you, though, and I have no

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intention of losing you. I guess
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I die, the world isn't any
farther ahead. But how do we trap

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it? And where do we release
it? The wind beat against the windows

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of the apartment, and the sides
of the building were pelted by the debris

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borne by the gale. Sparks shot
from the electrical outlets, and Cheryl and

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Ryan clung to the amulet for protection. Quietly, they whispered their plans to

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rid themselves of the coffin. The
book offered a way to trap the entity,

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but they dared not say it aloud
until they had their traps set.

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We can't let it know our plan. That night, they spent holding each

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other on the couch, reading and
re reading the instructions. This is not

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how I envisioned spending our first night
together going, Cheryl laughedem not exactly the

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one either of us hadn't mind.
After a terrifying night of memorization and little

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sleep, they left her apartment to
go to his hotel room. Cheryl dressed

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in her flight attendant uniform. Since
your carry on luggage was what he followed

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you in, that's where we need
to find him. He has had as

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long of a night and day as
we did. It's quiet now he's hopefully

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gone back to your bag to rest. They arrived at the hotel and sat

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for a moment in the car,
saying nothing. Finally looking at one another

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at the same time, they both
said lie. They laughed nervously, gave

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one another a kiss, and grabbed
the tools they would need. They laughed

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nervously, gave one another a kiss, and grabbed the tools they would need.

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As quietly as they could, they
crept into the room. The overnight

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bag sat open on the dresser where
Ryan left it the day before. Ryan

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peered into the open overnight bag and
nodded yes. Cheryl leaned over to see

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for her. The hotel room was
dark, but something many times darker coiled

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itself in the open bag. Nodding
to one another, Ryan zipped the bag

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closed. Then Cheryl tossed her grandmother's
shawl over the bag and wrapped it tightly.

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She secured the amulet on top of
the bag. They began to recite

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the words the book instructed them to
say, you hold no power over us.

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You shall be even commanded and follow
us no more. They repeated the

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words over and over as the Goffin
thrashed violently inside the bag. At times

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it almost knocked them down from the
force of its broiling as they carried it,

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but the sacred protection of the shawl
and amulet had the goffin secure.

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Racing to the airport, Ryan watched
as Cheryl walked through the doors. As

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the only one who had access to
the gate area, this part of the

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task fell to her alone. It
has to be this way, I'll be

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okay, she said. Ryan shook
nervously as he watched her and the shawl

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covered bag disappear into the lobby.
Putting on a smile, Cheryl walked through

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the security checkpoints. Little do they
know that something far more dangerous than they

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can imagine is the one thing in
this bag that the machines won't detect.

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Walking toward the gates, she knew
so well. She avoided eye contact and

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made her way to choose a different
gait than her normal route. Glancing at

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the board, she found an international
flight that was in the early pre boarding

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stage. The desk attendant, occupied
by an upset traveler, didn't notice.

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Cheryl slipped down the walkway to the
airliner that sat awaiting passengers. Finding seat

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three C, she opened the overhead
compartment. She held the bag up to

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the opening, removed the shawl,
and unzipped the bag. The golfin slithered

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into the dark bin and emitted an
angry hiss as Cheryl recited the mantra she'd

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memory. She then slammed the door
shut. She turned around to find another

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attendant staring at her. Cheryl,
what are you doing here? This isn't

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your flight? Faking nervous surprise wasn't
difficult, since Cheryl was already a nervous

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wreck. Are you sure I could
have sworn? I received a call saying

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I needed to fill in. I
barely had time to get dressed and rush

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to the airport. She ran her
fingers through her hair. I must look

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terrible, but I was in such
a rush. It's okay, Cheryl.

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It was a misunderstanding, though,
because we're fully staffed. You'd better get

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off here, though, before the
captain notices you. You know what a

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hard ass he is. Oh true, I feel bad that you have to

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deal with him all the time.
Well before you have to deal with him,

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you need to scoot. Thanks,
Amanda, I feel silly now,

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Her coworker laughed. Go get some
sleep, you look like you need it.

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Cheryl smiled, and then exited the
plane. I'm sorry, whoever the

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golfin targets next, I'm sorry.
Hurrying through the terminal and out the doors

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to the parking lot, Cheryl ran
to Ryan, who was waiting for her

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anxiously outside the car. It's done. It's on a different flight. Relief

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and guilt swept over them, and
they cried in each other's Arms, Let's

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get out of here. I never
want to be near a golfin again.

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This one's going overseas. Ryan squeezed
her hand. You're not only beautiful,

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but you're smart. No one can
say we had an easy start. No

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more turbulence, right, No more
turbulence together, they said truth. The

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couple sped away from the airport,
checking the rear view mirror just in case.

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On board flight eleven seventy one,
Captain armand le Gwen made a check

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of the cabin before stepping into the
cockpit. He walked past Row three,

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but stopped and turned around, opening
the overhead luggage compartment. He peered inside

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and smiled, Well, little one, what do we have here? I

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haven't seen one of you in a
very a long time. Yes, you'll

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work quite nicely for what I have
planned. Thank you for joining me for

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this episode of the Into the Night
Anthology podcast. Written by Caroline Giamanco,

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narrated by Nari Quak, Theme music
by Nico Rodriguez, all other original music,

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sound design and editing by Omenhawk Studios. You can find our links in

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the show notes. Into the Night
is on your favorite podcatcher, so make

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sure to like, subscribe, and
leave five star review to help other excursionists

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to join us. I'll see you
next time, and remember, whether in

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the shadows or in the daylight,
all twisted paths lead you into the night.

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Into the Night Anthology is a creative
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