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Trapped with your high school class 25 years later—the textbook definition of Hell. When three friends attend their high school reunion, they have varying expectations for the evening. Surrounded by the people they knew years ago—some who have changed, and some who definitely haven't—is just as much fun as it sounds. They're about to head out early when a bright light encompasses the school. Chaos ensues as a Hell gate opens in the middle of the gymnasium, and powers they never knew they had come to life. Who knew unexpected midlife magic and closing a Hell gate would be easier than healing old high school wounds? This is the second edition. It's been revised and lengthened to become a full standalone. Prologue 11:17 p.m. in Crowder, Maine (three hours ahead of Wellspring, Nevada) A necromancer walked into Purgatory to rescue her daughter. No joke. Meredith Ellison, with her husband and ghostly friends, crossed the weakened membrane between our world and Purgatory after an unknown entity kidnapped her daughter. Meredith wasn’t having that… When the entity came at her again, Meredith didn’t resist its attempts to draw her in. Her focus was strictly on his lifesource, and she instantly connected to it. At the same time, she sent out a call to all the souls around her, her voice reverberating like a thundering bell through the meadow. “Join with him. Find his lifesource and drain it.” The entity seemed to final realize he was actually in danger. He began to fight against her, but Meredith’s power was so strong, being linked to those around her, that she almost laughed at his efforts. Suddenly, their positions were reversed and then some. She held on to the thing, whispering the excoriation spell that she’d memorized, as it dwindled. It wasn’t unraveling exactly, but rather, it seemed to be sending its energy to her as parts of it just ceased to exist. For a second, they were practically one, but not in t