The trail narrowed again, but this time it didn’t feel like coincidence. It felt chosen. Victor slowed his pace slightly, his eyes scanning the ground more carefully now, not just looking for movement but for patterns. Sophia moved ahead of him briefly, then back again, her steps quiet, controlled, deliberate. Daniel stayed closer than before, no longer drifting or complaining, and Emma remained steady at his side, her attention sharp in a way that suggested she was noticing more than she was saying. Elizabeth walked with Lewis, her thoughts still anchored on the name, the connection, and what it meant moving forward. But something else was rising now too. Awareness. A quiet sense that they weren’t just moving toward something. They were being led. “This feels wrong,” she said. Lewis didn’t hesitate. “I know.” She glanced at him. “You feel it too.” “Yes.” Victor stopped ahead, confirming it without needing to say it first. “This isn’t a natural path,” he said. Sophia no
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