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He was gasping. His hand was pressed against the pillar. When he pulled it away, his own palm was smoking, seared with the negative image of the handprint. The Mark had been looking for someone to complete its circuit. He was the final, tragic signature.

It wasn't paint. It pulsed with a soft, amber light, like cooling magma. Elias pulled out his notebook and began sketching. But as he traced the whorls and lines of the print, the light flared. Searching for- paranormal activity marked ones in-

He was no longer in the mill. He was in the same spot, but the looms were whole, roaring, and filled with women in soot-stained dresses. It was 1912. A young woman with his own sharp cheekbones glanced up from her work. Her eyes widened. She saw him. He was gasping

He followed the sound deeper, past overturned looms and piles of shattered spools. The tick grew faster, more urgent. Then, he saw it. The Mark had been looking for someone to

The first sign was the silence. No crickets. No wind. He stepped through a broken loading bay door, and the air changed. It tasted like ozone and rusted pennies.

His EVP meter began to tick. Slow. Rhythmic. Like a heartbeat.