Sophia POVThe news broke over breakfast, Nathan sliding his tablet across the table without a word, the local headline glowing stark against the screen. *Three More Blackwood Residents Reported Missing — Police Baffled by Pattern.*"Three more," I said, scanning the article. "How many total?""Eleven," Nathan said grimly. "Over the past month. Students, a couple of teachers, two people from town who have no connection to the school at all. Raymond's been trying to keep it quiet, but it's leaked to the local press now."Ethan leaned over my shoulder, reading the details. "No bodies. No ransom demands. No pattern the police can identify — different ages, different neighborhoods, no obvious connection between the victims except that they all vanished without a trace, usually at night, usually alone.""That's not a human trafficking pattern," Damian said, joining us at the table. "That's something else.""Raymond thinks it might connect to the attacks," Nathan said. "He asked if we'd loo
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