The Art of Deception

es and her heart racing with excitement. Elijah greeted her warmly an

about his vision for the gallery. Ava found herse

ge occurrences. Tools would go missing, and stran

tarted to wonder if she'd ma

hing?" Ava said, as they t

what is it?"

ah's past?" Ava asked, her v

. "I don't know much. He's very

Who was Elijah, really? An

The Myste

left the gallery that evening. Who was Eli

va stumbled upon a small, quaint bookstore. She p

es of dusty old books. Ava wandered the aisles,

from behind her. "Looking

elderly man with kind

am looking for information about Eli

serious. "Elijah, yes... I know

was piqued. "W

a whisper. "Elijah has a mysterious past. Some

dened. "What

ve said too much already. Be careful aro

disappeared into the stacks, leaving