“Tell me, how long has it been in the family?”

Peter LeBlanc knows a masterpiece when he sees one. As the hood of the ‘66 Mustang pops, the pristine engine gleams — and a chill fills the air. He knows he is looking at a classic but it’s not the car he’s excited about, he is anticipating the harvest.

Jennifer Silva stands at the crossroads of a three-hundred-year-old secret. She came to Exodus Motors looking for a transaction, but to her own horror she but finds herself staring a mirror in time.

The Quaint FarmhouseJust two weeks prior, this same Mustang sat parked on a quiet Napa dirt road. It was the only surviving witness to a scene of splintered wood and a blood-curdling screams that echoed into the night only to be swallowed by a valley of vineyards. A “family history” ended that night in a torrent of supernatural violence—leaving everything but the Mustang feeling either old, or dead.

Now, leaning over the engine block, Peter poses the only question that matters. In a world where every deal is a matter of damnation or salvation, he asks with a glint in his eye how much is Jennifer Silva willing to sacrifice?

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