When a Ghost Crosses the Wardline: Tension Peaks in The Paramedic’s Siren Chapter 3

Not every threat rides an ambulance siren. Sometimes it whispers from your child’s bedroom.

Chapter 3 opens with Dean stumbling home after a brutal double shift. He’s wiped out, haunted by shadowy figures only he can see, and desperate for sleep. But just floors above Errington Security’s state-of-the-art defenses, danger is already inside.

“He didn’t just lose a patient…Home is safe…until the dead walk in.”

While Dean crashes, Jaz slips into full-on hunter-mom mode. A random voice answers their daughter through the baby monitor. Kitchen knife in hand, she stalks down the hall, ready to confront whatever slipped through her wards.

“Who are you? Why are you here?”
The glowing blue apparition hovers in a corner, claiming ignorance. It knows Dean. It sounds… sorry. But Jaz has heard too many lies from things that shouldn’t exist.

Moments later Dean arrives groggy and barefoot, only to recognize the spirit: Bob, the werewolf patient who died on his last call. The same blue energy that zapped Dean at the scene now floats in his daughter’s room.

Why this scene landsDomestic stakes: The EMT drama crashes head-on with family safety.

World-building payoff: We learn Jaz’s apartment is layered with both mundane and magical protections—yet the curse still pierced them.

Character tension: Jaz’s cool precision meets Dean’s shaken disbelief. Their trust will be tested in the hours ahead.

The chapter ends with more questions than answers. Is Dean cursed? Can the blue energy be removed? And why did it choose little Joanna’s bedroom as its first stop?

Want the next piece of the puzzle? Join the VIP reader hub for early chapters, author Q&As, and bonus lore → https://reamstories.com/jamiedavisbooks

Leave your theory in the comments: Is Bob a victim, a warning, or the start of something darker?