Hunter W [Delivered to Hunter Westerberg] [Midnight, after this, a parcel is delivered to Hunter Westerberg that contains two things: A letter, and a key. The letter reads as follows.]
Hunter, if you receive this, it means I've left town. Unlike our childhood, I am the one going ahead to crack open a new book and begin new chapters. I ask that you safeguard this key. It belongs to Kellan Ziegmann. He is the lover I once referenced, and he has asked me to keep it for him. I do not know what it opens; I only know he fears his fiction will use it, should he get his hands on it. Do this for me? Kellan is important to me, in the way that heroes are important to heroines. Keep Raegan from looking for me. She is stubborn, and still believes in happy endings, and there is none to be found in this book. Lastly, please contact Peggy Carter and inform her that my fiction will not be returning to her. If you could impart a message, he would appreciate it, I think. Tell her he'll need to take another raincheck on that dance, and that he is most grievously sorry.