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(Ophelia’s POV) By noon, I stop pretending. Lucien doesn’t dig into people unless he plans to bury them. And he is digging into Marcus. That is not curiosity. That is a threat assessment. I went back to his study. This time I don’t hesitate. I searched properly. Not like a wife. Like a woman who has been lied to before. Bottom drawer. Locked. I use the paper knife. It snaps open. Inside.. A file. Marcus Stone.

The heavy iron door creaked open, revealing stacks of ancient scrolls and books, their pages yellowed with age. Lillian barely breathed as Aedric reached inside, pulling out a single worn leather-bound tome. He turned back to her, holding it out. "If you want answers," he said quietly, "then read." Lillian hesitated for only a moment before taking the book. The cover was smooth beneath her fingertips, the leather cracked with age. There were no markings—just a simple crescent moon burned into the surface. She slowly opened it, her heart pounding as she scanned the first lines.

Origin unknown. It played one phrase on loop. Spoken by a mechanical voice. “Codex identified. Next extraction begins at sunrise.” Lucien didn’t move. Didn’t speak. He simply reached for his holster and whispered, “Wake everyone.”

Smiling, slightly. He pressed a button. From the ceiling, small brass tubes descended, each containing slips of paper. One tube hissed and opened with a soft click, and a piece of parchment fluttered out onto the floor in front of her. “Read it.” Lena leaned forward on all fours. Her bare breasts brushed the cold stone. Her nipples tightened. The paper read: “Veloria — a vessel to be filled.” A new name. A whispered spell. A destiny. It wasn’t hers but it ignited something wicked inside her.

May tumamang tunog sa tiles. Napakunot-noo si Lucien. Mabilis niyang pinulot ang bagay. At agad na nanlaki ang mga mata ko. "A USB drive?" Tahimik niyang tinitigan ang maliit na device. Lumapit ako. At doon ko napansin ang maliit na label na nakadikit dito. Nanginginig ang mga daliri ko habang binabasa ang nakasulat.

Perhaps it was a warning, sent quickly, proof that she had reached the ledger before someone reached her. Elaine’s eyes narrow suddenly. “What?” Leah asks. Elaine zooms in further, not on the label this time, but on the exposed top page inside the file. “There is a line near the lower edge. I thought it was a shadow from her thumb, but it is text.” Daniel steps closer. Elaine adjusts the image again with minute care. The letters sharpen by degrees, enough to make Leah’s pulse begin to race. A name appears first. Not fully clear.

"You know more than enough to handle this evening. You'll do beautifully." "I think I might actually love this," I said, half to myself. "Like — as a career. Is that strange?" Florence laughed. "It means I did my job well. Now go — you have ten hours and a party to build." I found the black card on my pillow. A note beside it, written in handwriting that was precise and slightly aggressive, the way everything Sebastian did was precise and slightly aggressive. *Use this for whatever you need tonight. No limit. Pin sent to your phone.*

I clicked on the message. From: letusallhealunexpectedly@g***l.com To: americapingries@g***l.com Subject: Island of LUAHU Good day Miss Pingries! Are you looking for a place to have a vacation far away from the city where you can get your mind off of things? Are you looking for a place where you can physically, emotionally and soulfully heal? We have such a wonderful news for you! Our little island called LUAHU wants to cordially invite you to check our pristine beaches and fine white sand where we assure you that your stay will be out-of-this-worldly relaxing while at the same time you’re healing. If interested, please check the file attached below. Fill up the form and send it back to us.

He mumbled while still staring at the cabinet. After ten minutes of thinking and staring at one object, Lucien decided to stand up and was about to leave when a piece of paper laying on the ground caught his attention. Lucien quickly picked it up and read what was written on it and crumpled the paper after. “You bastard!” He muttered and hurriedly went out the room and entered his room where he sat on his chair and faced the computer where he typed something on and a series of codes reflected on Lucien’s eyes.

Yuki said. On one surface of the box, the one they were facing, had an L shape with each sides having the same length. Then there was an instruction below it that read, “split the shape above into four equal shaped and sized pieces by drawing on the shape, answer it wrong and prepare for the consequences”. “What are we supposed to draw with?” Cecilia asked after Yuki read aloud what the instruction said. Yuki hesitantly touched the L’s surface. It glowed on the place that she touched it before disappearing after a while.