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Five years later, Maggie still lives in the Harlan house, watchful, The pond is quiet, but the old well behind it never truly sealed-- the shadow retreated downward into an underground spring network linking every water source in north Alabama. It grows slowly, feeding on buried guilt and memory. Maggie dreams pull her into a vast, lightless aquifer where the dead are preserved, bargaining for release. Her father's voice echoes from the depths. Ray's estranged son Ethan(now 16, visiting for the summer) begins hearing the same whispers, A developer disturbs the land, accelerating the spread. As tremors shake the town, black tendrils seep from cracks, and faces rise in reflections, Maggie, Ethan and Ray descend-- physically and emotionally-- Into the well to confront the shadow's heart: a drowned ancestor who made the original bargain. The price is steep, Ray makes the ultimate sacrifice to protect his son. Maggie lets go of her guilt, breaking the cycle enough to quiet the water.

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