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"Runes," Goodwin whispered, "we've found the Cave of Runes." Canton blinked in the darkness, and he placed his hand on the wall of the cavern. The ancient stone was covered in the carved tattoos, leaving barely an inch's space between one rune and the next. He couldn't see them, but that made it even more mysterious to him. This cave was lost in time. Goodwin stood from her crouched position, and Canton could hear her hands sweeping rapidly over the rock. "There isn't a single gap," she murmured in disbelief, "the entire thing is covered." "We should go back to the mouth of the cave and wait for Melinda," Canton said, standing as well. G

The day Toby came to town was the day everyone in Brooker, Carolina decided he was a problem. At first, no one took much notice of him. He just looked like a dirty boy wandering away from his home and into town. It was a blistering hot day, and not many people were around. Summer had only just begun the day before, and the Brooker Schoolhouse was abandoned. The occasional straggler, hurrying on his way to get out of the heat, only occupied the streets. I had been sitting on the porch of Mr. Henry's General Store sipping a root beer when I first encountered him. He wandered down the path coming from the woods. That was the first strange thing