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herself. "Could it really be Lillian,

ions she had no answers to. Who was Lillian?

very creak of the floorboards sounded like a baby's cry, an

he was about to take the left path when she spotted Derek from a distance. Quickly, she squatted

k!!" sh

eaping off to?" Derek asked

you want

bond started pulling, making both of them forget their differences. Derek was a

move. They are attacking the northern pack," Ca

on for you," Div

later," Der

a look that clearly said

you notice?"

re regrouping in a different

y. We're going in with

nness-decided to look for answers herself. If Derek refused to

pacious hallways and locked doo

an't offer some rooms to those homeless were

room. He's gotta be hi

r fingers brushed against the glossy wall

ard and pulled it, the door creaking as it moved. She stared at

oden shelf decked with scrolls. She walked over and grabbed some, dust filling the air as she

if it had b

with silence. At the very end,

ears. Something about this place felt... wro

whispered, her

pushed the

l, dimly lit, with tattered curtains covering the windows. The

in dust. A single hairbrush lay on top of it, as if wa

When she opened it, her breath caught. Inside was a tiny portrait of

d. This was her room.

what is that room?" Her eyes w

hen a gust of cold air brushe

to see someone standing behin

again-but this time,

va.

lose-too close. It wasn't just inside

pounding in her chest. The shadows in

uddenly sl

the handle, but it wouldn't b

yelled, pounding

espo

breath came out in visible puffs. Then, from

e wasn't alone. She knew s

whispered, her vo

nothing but silence. T

the

softer this time

thing stilled. The heavy atmosphere lifted, the d

short gasps. She didn't stop running until she reache

against it, trying to

tered Lill

omeone-had been

~

orthern pack. Derek sat firmly on his ho

them with fire,

ising his hands to signal the

orthern border so none of the rogues will have

sure to get their ma

not hesitate to kill them. But make

~

eiling. The locket she had taken from Lillia

she had stumbled onto a secret

ink further, the air in

moved to

as o

re she had

st as she re

r bedside flicke

swallowed