Brielle
Adrian's message came in at 11:47 at night.
I read it twice, put my phone face down on the bed, and sat very still for a moment.
Adrian: I think we've both been lied to. I want to fix it. Can we talk?
That was it. No long explanation or any drama whatsoever. Just those sentences sitting there like a small bomb that hadn't gone off yet.
I already knew documents like the ones he'd found existed. In my past life, I'd caught a glimpse of them in his grandfather's study. By the time I understood what I was looking at, it was already too late. Everything had already fallen apart.
But I hadn't known they were in Elder Gideon's possession this whole time. That was new information, and I didn't like how it felt in my chest.
I left the message on read and didn't reply that night.
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