The Door She Couldn't OpenThe key was still in Amelia's hand.Small.Cold.Old enough that the metal had darkened around the edges.She stared at it as if it belonged to someone else.But somewhere deep inside her, something had already recognized it.Her fingers tightened around the key.A sharp pulse of pain moved behind her eyes.She gasped.Adrian immediately stepped closer.“Amelia.”She didn't answer.Her eyes had gone distant.The chapel disappeared.For one terrifying second, she was no longer a grown woman standing beside Adrian.She was a little girl.Bare feet.A white dress.A narrow hallway.And the key was in her hand.She could hear someone crying on the other side of a wooden door.A little girl.“Please…”The voice trembled.“Amelia, don't leave me.”Amelia's breath caught.She stumbled backward.Adrian caught her before she fell.“Easy.”His arms went around her, holding her firmly.But Amelia wasn't looking at him.She was looking at the empty space beside the alta
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