The Spider: Chapters 1-4

Meet the Bryant family.

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Liverpool, 1892

Stepping out of the carriage to look at number five, Percy Street, Frances Bryant gasped. Her new home stood at an impressive four stories, with an ornate gabled roof and striking red brickwork. The beauty of it brought a lump to her throat. “This is our house?” she asked her husband, who was watching the nanny lift their daughter out of…