The Third Cup

A Psychological Short Story

At the edge of the moor, beneath the constant hush of wind and stone, a new name has taken root: Miss Fairweather. In a quiet cottage far from Ashcroft Hall, Dana Holloway begins again—hidden, watching, listening.

To her employer, she is diligent. To the housekeeper, discreet. But the pendant at her throat remembers everything.

When a forgotten codex emerges—its symbols echoing the pendant's design—Dana is drawn into a web of ancient secrets and dangerous scholarship. A guest arrives, curious and clever, asking too many questions. The tea is prepared. The ritual begins again.

As theology turns to obsession and silence deepens into revelation, Dana must decide what truth is worth keeping—and what must be silenced forever.

The Third Cup is a dark, psychological novella set in Victorian England, and the third instalment of The Holloway Legacy, a chilling series of quiet horror, impossible deaths, and unspoken power.