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Chapter 25

Author: Toniperi
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I hover for a breath. One. Two…five…ten.

My thumb brushes against the engraved writing again.

“Not all that's missing, was meant to exist in the first place.”

What the hell could those words mean?

Could it be somehow linked to Clara's disappearance?

There was only one way I'd get any answers…

With trembling fingers, I lift the lid.

The hinges creak in protest. Inside– dark velvet lining, and three objects nestled in the shadows like buried truth.

I tighten my towel around myself, all intentions of taking a bath put aside for now, my entire focus trapped on the box contents.

The first is a half-torn photograph– black and white. A woman stares at me, her features blurry– and painfully familiar…her eyes. My eyes.

My mother…

She's standing beside a young woman, her face slashed by the tear. The background is the woods. A few people hanging around. And in her arms– a baby…me?

The second item is a pendant– cold silver, the same symbol as that of the mystery cloaked man.

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    I hover for a breath. One. Two…five…ten.My thumb brushes against the engraved writing again.“Not all that's missing, was meant to exist in the first place.”What the hell could those words mean?Could it be somehow linked to Clara's disappearance?There was only one way I'd get any answers…With trembling fingers, I lift the lid.The hinges creak in protest. Inside– dark velvet lining, and three objects nestled in the shadows like buried truth.I tighten my towel around myself, all intentions of taking a bath put aside for now, my entire focus trapped on the box contents.The first is a half-torn photograph– black and white. A woman stares at me, her features blurry– and painfully familiar…her eyes. My eyes.My mother…She's standing beside a young woman, her face slashed by the tear. The background is the woods. A few people hanging around. And in her arms– a baby…me?The second item is a pendant– cold silver, the same symbol as that of the mystery cloaked man.A few more books and

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    “We've checked the grounds again. No one was seen leaving or entering your room last night, Luna.” Dan is fully alert as he comes to report back to me later that afternoon.That could be possible.I had felt someone in the room– the window I had personally locked, left open to the wind.The note was gone for crying out loud!And yet, I didn't know what to say when Ethan asked why I was so certain someone had been in my room early this morning.I couldn't risk telling Ethan about the note– that would expose not only my snooping, but everything: the dreams, the key, the locked doors he warned me to stay away from.What made it certain that I could trust him with all of this when his pack held the most secrets?He might have gained my father's trust somehow, something– enough to have him a part of the circle of people in on the secret of my humanity.But that didn't mean I trusted him yet– at least not enough to share that much.I give him a curt nod “Then I must've been mistaken. I don'

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