The Stonehaven Chronicles-6 The Education of Marcus Thorne (Part A) The House That Laughs By Arindam Bose ⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡⬡ Chapter 1: The Predator and the Prey The Intrusion Three days. That's how long the peace lasted. Three days of Jonas waking up to a house that didn't groan like it was dying. Three days of Leona making coffee without the kitchen floor tilting under her feet. Three days of Daniel playing in his room without frost forming on the windows or toys rearranging themselves into cryptic messages. Three days of normal. Which, Jonas was learning, was approximately two and a half days longer than the universe typically allowed before dropping something new and terrible into his lap. The silver sedan appeared at 9:47 AM on a Tuesday. Jonas noticed it first because he was standing on the porch, halfway through his second cup of coffee, staring at the section of the extension that had partially collapsed during the ceremony. The structural ...