The NameNell didn't sleep after Lena left.She lay in bed with her eyes open, staring at the ceiling, her palm itching and burning by turns. The name Elara kept circling through her head like a song she couldn't forget.She whispered it to herself in the dark."Elara."The word felt strange in her mouth. Familiar and foreign at the same time. Like something she'd known once and forgotten.She didn't know anyone named Elara.So why did it hurt to say?The next morning, Nell went to the library.She needed answers. Not about the basement not yet. About the name.The library was small and dusty, with shelves that hadn't been touched in years. Books on every subject : history, geography, old wolf laws, something called The Code of the Moon. Nell pulled books at random, scanning pages, looking for any mention of Elara.Nothing.She pulled more books. Still nothing.She was reaching for a book on the top shelf whe
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