I found myself on the grass with the girl that Annie had taken hold of mentally looking at me.
“I see that you have started to connect the dots. I can’t hold this link any longer, I will come back tomorrow at the same time, don’t tell anyone.
I nodded.
I climbed back into bed next to a drowsy Xavier, who mumbled a question about my whereabouts. I lied and told him I went downstairs to get a drink from the kitchen before settling in to watch him sleep peacefully. But the truth was, I couldn't sleep. How could I after learning such a shocking revelation? Silas was pretending to be Atlas. But where was the real Atlas hiding? Was he even alive?
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The following day, I joined the rest of the group for our training session in preparation for the upcoming challenge. However, my mind was pre
