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The old lighthouse keeper had always warned visitors about the cliffs at night. But when Mara found the journal hidden beneath the floorboards, she realized the warnings weren't about the cliffs at all — they were about what waited beneath them. The journal's pages were brittle, yellowed with age, and filled with a handwriting she didn't recognize. Each entry described the same thing: a light beneath the water, pulsing like a heartbeat, growing stronger with each passing year. The last entry was dated November 12, 1963. It read simply: "It's awake now. God help us all." Mara closed the journal and looked out the lighthouse window toward the sea. The sun had set an hour ago, and the water was black glass. Then she saw it — a faint green glow, deep below the surface, pulsing in a rhythm that matched her own heartbeat...