ANMELDENEVELYN'S POVI looked at Liora, waiting for her to explain what she meant, but she seemed more concerned about the girl standing behind the iron door.“What is the wrong crossing?” I asked.Liora tightened her grip around the pendant. “The memories you're recovering are not all from the same event. There were two crossings, and the second one changed what happened during the first.”Ryan stepped forward. “You told us Elias brought you here after the first crossing. Now you're saying there were two crossings?”“There were two attempts to separate the children. The first one failed, and the second one was never supposed to happen.”Dylan looked towards the girl. “Then why does she keep saying Evelyn left her behind?”“Because she remembers the first attempt.”The girl shook her head. “Don't listen to her, Elara. She's changing the story again.”I turned towards her. “Then tell me what happened.”She gripped the edge of the iron door. “You came to the chamber with me. We were supposed to
EVELYN'S POVI couldn't see anything.The sudden darkness swallowed the entire corridor, and the only sounds I could hear were the soldiers shouting and the metallic vibration coming from beneath our feet. Ryan's hand remained firmly wrapped around my arm as he pulled me away from the iron door.“Everyone stay where you are!” he ordered.A soldier stumbled into something behind us, followed by the sound of a weapon hitting the floor. Someone cursed, and another soldier called for a torch.“Your Majesty!” Dylan shouted from somewhere ahead. “The floor is moving!”I tried to steady myself against the wall, but another vibration passed through the building, forcing me to grab Ryan's arm.“What is happening?” I asked.“I don't know. Stay close to me.”A faint blue light suddenly appeared beneath the iron door. It spread across the floor in thin lines, forming the same circular symbol I had seen on the old records and the pendant. The mark near my shoulder burned again, and I pressed my ha
EVELYN'S POVI couldn't bring myself to move.The words were still repeating in my head, and no matter how hard I tried to convince myself that I had misunderstood what I saw, the sentence remained clear.The girl who was sent away will finally remember what she did to her sister.I had a sister.And apparently, I had done something terrible to her."Seraphina."My voice came out weaker than I expected.She looked at me."What?""Do you think Mara was my sister?"She hesitated before answering."I believe she might have been."I shook my head."But why would my father hide her from me? Why would he make sure we never recognized each other?""I don't know, Evelyn. But whatever happened between you and that girl, it was important enough for King Drake to have it recorded."I looked at the book she had just closed."Open it again."Seraphina frowned."I don't think that's wise.""I need to know what else is written there.""The writing changed when you touched it. We don't know what will
EVELYN'S POVI stared at Ryan, waiting for him to explain what he had just said, but he seemed just as troubled by the information as I was."Another girl?" I repeated. "What other girl?"Ryan folded the document and placed it on the table."According to the records Dylan recovered, two children were involved in the first experiment. Your father only mentioned one of them in the documents we found in the western chamber."I shook my head."That doesn't make any sense. The old woman told us I was the only child she brought here.""She might not have known about the other girl.""But why would my father hide something like that? And why would he give me another name?"Ryan didn't answer immediately. Instead, he walked towards the window, looking down at the courtyard where soldiers were preparing to leave for the eastern territories."There's something else in the document," he finally said. "Your father wrote that the two children were connected to the same boundary, but only one of th
DYLAN'S POVI immediately turned towards the entrance when I heard the metallic sound. Aldric drew his sword, moving closer to the staircase while I folded the document and slipped it inside my coat."Someone is outside," he whispered.I nodded and motioned for the remaining soldiers to take cover behind the broken cabinets. The archive was too quiet, and considering how easily the door had been opened, I knew whoever had locked us inside was probably waiting for us to make the first move."Can you open it?" I whispered.Aldric approached the metal door and examined the lock."Not from this side. They've secured the outer mechanism.""Can you break it?""Possibly, but it will take time."I looked around the room. There had to be another way out. King Drake wouldn't have built an underground archive without considering the possibility of someone getting trapped inside.I approached the shelves and examined the walls, looking for anything unusual. Most of the room had been destroyed, bu
EVEYLN'S POVDylan didn't answer immediately. He walked towards the window and looked outside at the courtyard."Ryan wasn't always like this. Before our father died, he was different. We used to spend most of our time together, and even when we disagreed, I knew I could trust him.""What changed?""Power, secrets, and the things people were willing to do to keep them."He turned towards me."When our father died, Ryan became obsessed with finding out what happened that night. He stopped trusting everyone, including me. I thought he was destroying himself, but he believed he was doing what was necessary to protect the kingdom."I listened quietly."And now?""Now I'm trying to make sure he doesn't repeat our father's mistakes."I nodded slowly.Dylan approached the door, but before leaving, he turned back."There's something I want you to remember. If you find anything connected to your childhood, don't assume it's the truth just because it looks familiar."I frowned."Why?""Because







