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When her voicemail begins blinking, one ordinary message about a family dinner is followed by a disturbing one: heavy breathing and a whispered call of her name. Unable to shake the dread, Mercy deletes the message, keeps herself from lingering in vulnerability, and tries to rationalize the threat—while the remaining unheard messages threaten to deepen the mystery.","Encyclopocalypse Publications  \n[www.encyclopocalypse.com](www.encyclopocalypse.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright © 2022 Kristal Stittle. All Rights Reserved.  \nThe characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living, dead or undead is coincidental and not intended by the author.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.  \nTo see more great titles, [please visit www.encyclopocalypse.com](please visit www.encyclopocalypse.com).  \nCover art by Dani Duregger.  \nCover Design by Sean Duregger.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTo Sammy and Tyler For getting me out of the house  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCHAPTER ONE  \nMERCY WAS HAPPY TO finally be home from work; it had been a long day on the coma ward. There had been a fairly bad bus accident within the Callus General Hospital’s district, so all the injured had been sent to them. This meant the ER was constantly short on beds and kept pestering the coma ward to allow them to use some of their empty ones. Everyone always called the coma ward first when they were short on beds. As a nurse, Mercy had to keep track of where all their equipment and patients were, on top of her regular care duties.  \nOne of their patients had even miraculously woken up today after a fiveyear “sleep.” Although that was always an exciting and happy moment, it was a lot of work. They had to bring the patient up-to-speed about had what happened to him, mediate family visits, constantly check on vitals to make sure the patient wasn’t going to have a relapse, fill out a ton of paperwork, and, for those who had been under a long time, begin the extensive physiotherapy process as well as the testing of mental functions. It could take weeks, even months, to get the patient strong enough just to get out of his bed on his own.  \nUpon entering her apartment, Mercy hung up her light spring jacket in the closet, and took off her running shoes. She felt disappointed that Roofus wasn’t there to greet her. The fluffy Chou Chou had gone north with her boyfriend on a males-only fishing weekend. Heading into the kitchen, Mercy turned on the coffee machine and within minutes delighted at the delicious aroma. She had always loved the smell of coffee ever since she had been a little girl. Her dad would have at least three cups a day out of a big black mug that said kan ta ca ye on the side. Neither of them had ever learned what those words really meant, but they also hadn’t put much effort into finding out. Not knowing made them magical.  \nAs she waited for her coffee, Mercy decided to check the home phone for messages. She didn’t have many friends, but people did try to call her from time to time, and she was always forgetting to unsilence her cell, so they’d try here. It was usually her mom. And Kenny may have called to leave a message about how the trip was going so far. The voicemail service told her that she had five messages waiting, a new record.  \nThe first message was from her mom. She wanted to know if Mercy could come an hour early to their family’s regular Sunday dinner. This didn’t surprise Mercy as her brother, Tom, and his wife just had a baby, and needed to eat earlier to keep to the baby’s schedule. Mercy made a mental note to call her mom back and say that it was fine.  \nThe second message was not so cheery. At first, there was nothing but dead air. That sometimes happened when the voicemail service malfunctioned, and whoever was calling hadn’t realized that it had picked up. But then came the heavy breathing. 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