Alyssa stood frozen in place, Eleanor’s words echoing in her mind.
"You were never meant to be ordinary. The question is… are you ready to embrace what you were born to be?"
Her body trembled, not from fear, but from the sheer weight of it all. If Eleanor had been keeping secrets her entire life, what else had been hidden from her?
She swallowed hard. “Tell me everything.”
Eleanor studied her for a long moment, then nodded. “Sit down.”
Alyssa hesitated before lowering herself onto one of the plush armchairs in the study. Eleanor walked to a tall wooden cabinet, unlocked it, and pulled out an old, worn book bound in dark leather. She placed it on the desk between them, flipping through its fragile pages until she stopped on one.
Alyssa leaned in and gasped. It was an illustration of a
