ONE DARK WINDOW: BOOK TWO — THE BLACK GLASS THE GUARDIANS: An Epic Dark Supernatural Romance of Ancient Secrets, Forbidden Blood, and the Monster Beneath

ONE DARK WINDOW:

BOOK TWO — THE BLACK GLASS

THE GUARDIANS

An Epic Dark Supernatural Romance of Ancient Secrets, Forbidden Blood, and the Monster Beneath

“The window was never meant to be opened.”

“Her blood awakened what the Guardians failed to kill.”

“Something beneath the lake has been waiting for her.”

SYNOPSIS

Nora Beaumont survived the Black Glass.

She thought surviving the nightmare would mean finally escaping Blackwater Hollow.

She was wrong.

After Adrian Blackwood's death, Nora and Caleb uncover a collection of ancient records hidden beneath the Blackwood estate—records revealing that the mysterious Black Glass existed centuries before Lucien Beaumont ever set foot in America.

But the deeper they investigate, the more disturbing the truth becomes.

A strange black mark has appeared on Nora's skin.

And it is changing.

When the mark reacts to an ancient symbol found in the records, Nora discovers that her French bloodline is connected to a secret order known as the Guardians of the Glass—an ancient lineage sworn to protect a supernatural doorway buried beneath Blackwater Hollow.

But Nora isn't the only one hiding a family secret.

Caleb discovers that his ancestors were part of another ancient order—the Keepers, a bloodline that has secretly protected Blackwater Hollow for generations.

They knew about the Black Glass.

They knew about the Guardians.

And they knew Nora would eventually come.

As people begin disappearing around Blackwater Lake, strange sounds echo beneath the water. Fishermen vanish. Children dream about a woman standing beneath the lake. And at night, something enormous moves beneath the surface.

Then Nora discovers the truth about the town's beloved preacher, Father Elias Mercer.

For generations, he and his predecessors have been secretly sacrificing people to the creatures beneath Blackwater Lake.

They believed the sacrifices were keeping an ancient evil asleep.

But the sacrifices were never a protection.

They were an offering.

They were feeding it.

Desperate to uncover the truth before more people die, Nora and Caleb descend into the ruins of an ancient settlement buried beneath the lake.

There, they discover a forgotten civilization—and the horrifying history of the Watchers.

Every generation had a Watcher.

Every generation chose sacrifices.

Every generation believed they were preventing the end of the world.

And every generation failed.

Then Nora finds something that shatters everything she believed about her father.

Lucien Beaumont knew.

He knew Nora carried the blood of the Guardians.

He knew the Black Glass would eventually call to her.

And he knew that if the wrong people discovered what she was, they would use her to open the door.

Lucien didn't abandon his daughter.

He was trying to keep her alive.

But Father Elias has already discovered the truth.

Nora is the key.

When Elias captures her and forces her to stand before the Black Glass, Nora is confronted by visions of her ancestors, the Guardians who came before her, and the terrible creature imprisoned beneath the lake.

The Black Glass begins to crack.

Nora realizes too late that Elias hasn't brought her there to destroy the door.

He wants her to open it.

And when Nora's blood touches the glass, the impossible happens.

The Black Glass opens.

Blackwater Hollow changes in an instant.

The sky darkens.

The lake boils.

The dead begin walking.

Ancient creatures crawl from the forests and emerge from the water.

But they don't attack the townspeople.

They run.

They flee Blackwater Hollow in terror.

Because whatever has awakened beneath the lake is something even the monsters fear.

Then the entire lake falls silent.

The water separates.

And beneath Blackwater Lake, something impossibly vast opens its eyes.

An enormous eye rises from the darkness below.

The last surviving Watcher looks at Nora, trembling with terror.

And whispers:

“You opened the door.”

Nora realizes the truth.

She wasn't chosen to protect the Black Glass.

She was chosen to open it.

And whatever has been waiting beneath Blackwater Hollow for centuries...

has finally found her.