James nodded his head and gave me a quick kiss on the forehead before leaving the room. Lilith and Clifford sat down and looked at me and my brother for a minute before starting the conversation. Lilith handed me the journal, and Karter leaned in to look at what it as well. I opened the front to see that this journal belonged to our Aunt Avery. I lifted my eyes to Lilith and asked her how she got this with my eyes, because I don’t think I could speak right now. “Your mother gave this to me the day her and your father died. We had a feeling for years that an attack was coming, and I don’t know if your mom knew it was happening soon, but she came to me the day before to give that journal to me.” “Did you know about everything in the chest?” Karter asked

