The sickened luna’s last chance

Ella

“At midnight, the esteemed Stormhollow Alpha manor went up in flames,” the newspaper article read. Detectives are still investigating the cause of the unexpected fire, but current evidence suggests that it was a freak accident caused by a faulty chimney flue. Thankfully there were no casualties, although nothing remains of the house itself.”

My breakfast sat in a heap in front of me, tea having spilled across the tray and soaking the bread when

the cup

had slipped from my fingers. Broken shards of porcelain littered the table, but I hardly noticed.

My childhood home had been destroyed.

Along with everything inside of it.

Likely along with the trunk of my mother’s possessions in the basement.

Everything I had of her was probably gone, burned up in a “freak” overnight fire that completely

demolished the entire place I had once called home.

My hands shook as I read the article over and over again, as if rereading the words countless times might change them. But what was done was done. All of those memories, everything that I once held dear… Was now simply ash in the wind.

something small fell out of the newspaper. I didn’t notice it at first, too focused on the words blurring before

familiar script.

want to get out, put a candle in

have seen the article and sent the newspaper, along with her note,

way of contacting Alexander without my phone and I was pretty sure he wasn’t even home, which meant that it could

had to see my childhood home. Even if only for a few minutes, to see if

had a candle burning in my window. Within ten minutes, there was a soft knock on my door and the sound of the key turning in the lock. Lilith found

was an incident in the west wing,” Lilith whispered, quickly ushering me out of the room and locking the door behind us as if I were

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time to slip out.”

and followed Lilith quickly through

the back door and into

form, we hurriedly loped through the forest–taking a car was too risky. It took longer than

the way to Stormhollow on

I knew we

the destruction that was once my family’s