*Trigger warnings. We are flashing back to abuse that Ember has suffered*
Chapter 44
Vance
When I get home, there is no surprise to me that Annabelle is not here. Which, I'm quite okay with at this point in time because of what I'm getting ready to do. I quickly fill a cup with water and sit down at my table. I remove the chain and vile from around my neck, looking at it carefully. The swirls of color are mixed together, and I wonder if I should just look through. Maybe that would be best to do at first.
So, I do. I hold the bottle up to the light and peer through the clear glass. It begins to swirl around even faster. Before I have much time to think about it, an image appears and starts playing as a video.
It's a man looking down at a little girl. The girl doesn't seem to be much ol
