All Chapters of THE CURSED TOWN: Chapter 51
- Chapter 52
52 chapters
Where the hollow ends
The town was quiet.Not the haunted kind of quiet Cedar Hollow had grown used to—but a deeper stillness. A long exhale after a lifetime of holding breath.Birdsong returned to the woods.The fog no longer crept from the earth each dawn.And for the first time in a century, the land did not feel hungry.⸻Nathan stood in the heart of the forest, at the spot where the altar once was. Nothing remained but scorched roots and a single white flower blooming from ash.It hadn’t been planted.It simply… appeared.The locals called it the Hollow Bloom. A sign, they said, that the curse was over.But Nathan knew the truth.Sophie had left it for him.She was still part of this place.Just not in a way he could ever hold again.⸻The new mayor—a woman named Tilda Craine, the first outsider elected in over seventy years—oversaw the rebuilding efforts. The mines were sealed for good. The old chapel ruins were preserved as a historic site. The Founders’ artifacts were placed in a community archive.
Last Updated : 2025-05-06
EPILOGUE :the hollow sleeps
Years later, a child stood at the edge of the woods. She had never known Sophie Rivers—not really. Only stories whispered by her father, and the scent of wildflowers that always grew stronger near the ridge. “Why do they call this the Hollow Bloom?” she asked. Her father knelt beside her, brushing his hand gently over the petals. “Because it grew where something broken healed.” “Was it magic?” “No,” he said softly, “it was someone.” The child was quiet, then touched the flower with a reverence she didn’t fully understand. Far above them, clouds parted. A single white bird passed overhead, wings outstretched against the sun. The woods did not whisper anymore. They breathed. And somewhere deep in the land’s remembering, the Hollow slept— Finally, at peace. Years had passed since Cedar Hollow had last whispered. What was once a town teetering on the edge of oblivion now breathed with quiet grace. The forest, once twisted by the Hollow’s influence, had softened. Wildflowers
Last Updated : 2025-05-06