VIVIAN“Once every month,” she began, “five virgin girls, all around the age of twelve, are taken into the Circle leader’s room… and they never come out.”My heart dropped instantly. I clenched my fists without realizing it, my nails digging into my palms.Zander and the others froze. No one said a word, but still the silence was loud, too loud. My lips tightened, my body stiffened, and my mind started racing.What exactly did she mean by ‘they never come out?’I narrowed my eyes on Isla. “What happens to those girls?” My voice came out sharper than I expected.Isla hesitated. “I don’t know for sure,” she admitted. “But I think… I think he kills them. I don’t know why. I’ve been trying to figure it out, but… he never explains anything. They just… vanish.”Killed them? But for what?I shook my head slowly, my thoughts growing darker with each second. I tried not to imagine it, but the images came anyway, their tiny screams, helpless sobs, little feet dragging against the floor as they
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