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She sat upright in her bed with a gasp. She just had a terrible nightmare. Not only that, she fumbled by the bedside table, trying to find her phone in the dark, but couldn’t find it. She knew she left it there.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0DoYwo2hd
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Someone on the other side of the bed, stirred in their sleep upon hearing the ruckus and turned to look at the person fumbling in the dark.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9BC2pGRNg
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"What the-?" a bed lamp light soon turned on as the person who had been woken switched it on. "Nicani kanshi? (What is wrong now?) What are you looking for? And in the early hours of the morning?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbytAjFh3oO
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She didn’t answer at first until she realized that her phone isn’t anywhere nearby. She turned to look at her husband beside her.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhAp8q5w1p
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"Pepani (sorry)," she apologized. "I was looking for my phone, have you seen it?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHWgZwrwsL
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"Mm?" her husband can’t believe this. "Who do you want to call at this time?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzrSwh07es
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"It's urgent," she said as she pushed the covers aside to get out of bed.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceUENO8Pq3
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"Check your dressing table," her husband muttered as he dropped his head back onto the pillow. "That’s where you left it last night."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMDXfm8f6n
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In her black nightdress, she went to the dressing table and found her phone there like her husband said. She quickly took it and turned around to get her black sleeping gown at the foot of the bed. In her bare feet, she quickly went to the door and left the room. Her husband growled as he lifted his head to see the door left wide open. He muttered and slowly sat up.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVaehhn6zI
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"Yaba (Goodness)," he groaned. "Here we go again."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtQwt8VXW1
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She walked down the quiet, dark hallway until she made a corner, entering a room. She flipped the switch and the lights went on in the living room. Likewise, she turned to her phone to make a call.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ95tiYZiMb
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When she put the phone to her ear, the line on the other end didn’t even ring as the automated phone system said the person she’s trying to reach had their phone switched off.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjYRKWRxm4
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"I told her not to be switching off her phone," she muttered angrily as she looked at her phone to make a call to someone else.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqioCBX4ddm
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After finding the person’s line, she called it. This time it went through. She only hoped that the person would answer.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6J5fF2UKwK
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She started to pace up and down, bypassing the glass table on the white and black zebra print carpet. Not only that, she didn’t think of sitting on the black leather seats as with each minute that passed, her anxiety increased.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAe67KayAXL
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When the person on the other end didn’t pick up either, she sucked her teeth and tried to call again when she realized that someone is in the room. She turned to find her husband there in his blue pyjamas, looking sleepy as ever. She now felt guilty for waking him up.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwMG5FAR8Z
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"Who are you trying to call?" he asked. "Don’t tell me it's Diana."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflZkRpcZAw
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"So?" Diana’s mother asked. "I just want to know how she’s doing?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlOBYBzmkp
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"At this time?" her husband approached her. "She’s asleep. And you know she switches off her phone."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvBZD8fnSt
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"I just want to know how she’s doing."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPTFXLicJx
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"Didn't you talk to her a day before? If anything were to happen, your mother or Katy will let us know."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQSIsUiffA
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Diana’s mother growled in frustration. She quickly went over to one of the chairs to sit, her head buried in her hands. Her husband came to join her.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9mDKxCmBx
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"You don’t understand," she said, dropping her hands to look at him. "I had another dream about her and this time it felt different."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5YGOF4nia
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He put his hand on her shoulder. "What could be so different about this one?" he asked.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlv7AJmalT
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Before she spoke, she bit her lip. She didn’t know how to explain it. Her previous dreams over the years weren’t as vivid and intense as this one.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjg2GKMhmL
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"I can’t explain, Atake Diana (Father to Diana). Everything about this dream felt real. I feel Diana could be in huge trouble."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLi7yy6DZZ
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"That’s what you always say when you have these dreams," said Diana’s father. "Aren’t they just dreams? How many have you had over the years, but they've never happened?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMPVIDbGCN
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Diana’s mother now sat upright, shaking her head. "What if they did? I believe they did. Besides, Diana doesn’t always tell us what goes on in her life. She’s so secretive."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyBs6k4o5k
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"That’s because she’s a teen. You’re forgetting that people at such an age are difficult to make them open up."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hM2weIANX
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"No, I’ve always had a feeling that she's been hiding something from us. She’s a good girl, but I feel there’s a lot going on in her life that we don’t know about."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXOV4YkvlB
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Her husband rolled his eyes. "Please, don’t bring up those incidences that were happening in the neighbourhood. Those were explainable accidents, and you can’t point a finger at Diana. Most of the time she wasn’t even there, and they happened almost four years ago."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGpkpzc49L
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"That’s what you think, but…"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAiqBiZHRY
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"Enough, please. That’s a long time ago and nothing has happened to her. You haven’t had terrible nightmares for years, so it's probably just nothing."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlf2h3RnLK1
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Diana’s mother looked at her husband, still with a worried look. She looked away. As much as he might be right, her intuition ate at her terribly. She can’t just ignore what she dreamt. If anything, it felt more like the first vivid dream she had of Diana; that she had died. She remembered calling the school to check up on her, and they told her Diana was perfectly fine. When Diana came home for the holidays, there was something different about her.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sYy2bgnu0
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"Tiyeni (come), let’s go back to sleep," her husband persisted as he held her hand on her lap. "If you want, you and I can call your mother sometime in the morning." 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGkzKkQZ3r
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She couldn’t argue with him there, but she felt she wouldn’t be able to go back to sleep. Not until she hears that Diana is alright. 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrzhCpOTua
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"Okay, can I send a message to Katy so that she calls me when she sees it?" she asked. 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sX4lQGwpV
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"Be quick," Diana’s father stood. "If you’re not in the room in two minutes, I’ll come and drag you if I have to." 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObWUy95wQv
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With quiet, steady steps, Diana’s father walked out of the room, leaving his wife still seated on the couch. She quickly sent Katy a text, but she knew it wasn’t enough.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYhpkJw8XT
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Namatama stood up from her seat and slowly started to make her way out of the living room. She thought she saw a shadow pass through the window, outside. Likewise, she stopped to draw aside the curtain. A neighbour’s floodlight shone brightly in the next yard. For a moment, she thought maybe a cat had passed atop the wall fence, causing the shadow she saw.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEoEl34M0u
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Before she was able to push the curtains, she thought she had seen something through the corner of her eye in the room. Her heart skipped a beat as she quickly turned to see if there’s anyone there. The only people awake are she and her husband, and she would've heard him if he had made his way back in the living room.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjZNM3lPEN
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"I must be imagining things," she told herself.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuuUTFUkRM
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"And what if you aren’t?" came a voice.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcez0bEXc6
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As soon as she heard it, she jumped in fright and almost screamed, but someone covered her mouth with their hand from behind, holding her in place. Diana’s mother is now terrified that there's a stranger in the house. She started to breathe heavily.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfppLSnb8v
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"Don’t move, and I won’t hurt you," came the voice in a soft, yet dangerous whisper. "Calm down. I’ll uncover your mouth. Don’t scream or else I'll kill you. Nod if you understand."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPOE9a8p4Y
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She nodded, and started to slow her breathing. Her heart beat fast like a drum that she could hear it. The person’s hand over her mouth slowly fell away, and she felt relieved. She quickly looked behind her, but no one is there.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLD8J78bKPm
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"Don’t freak out," came the voice again, this time in front of her. "I want you to slowly turn towards me."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUvT3nH5jd
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She swallowed and slowly turned her head back. Likewise, she found someone standing in front of her, all dressed in black and floating in midair. Namatama gasped in fright as she thought she would never come across the terrifying skull-faced mask ever again.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJJNsCOUep
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"Hello, Namatama," came a female voice behind the mask. "Long time no see."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpqwtKuVi9
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"What are you doing here?" Namatama asked, her voice breaking with both fear and anger. "I thought I told you not to show yourself ever again."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmBxqcGhtb
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The floating figure raised her hand to remove the mask. Behind it lay a young face of a woman with light, brown skin and sharp, dark eyes like that of a cat. Her lips were coloured black, and she grinned at Namatama with her white, razor sharp teeth glowing in the dark.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vNUAmPiZR
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"I know," said the lady in front of her. "But aren’t you up thinking about your daughter, Diana?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkJKyyc8Ws
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Namatama froze, looking at the lady before finding her voice. "What do you know about her?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2MsLRHFCM
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The woman chuckled. "It’s sad that you don’t know what’s going on. So much has happened over the years that you’ve failed to notice."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDORGIDtiZO
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Namatama’s eyes widened. "What do you know about Diana?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSfDUjfuyW
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"A lot more than you, that’s for sure. Diana is a very special child. You should know that."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwLG00izgO
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"She’s my daughter, of course she’s special."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjebUCDg7T
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The woman floating in the air came a little closer. "You know that she’s beyond special. It’s been that way from the day she was born." 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5LLFX4VdD
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"Get to the point. You came here after such a long time to talk to me, and it’s about Diana. Tell me, is she in trouble?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGTdji8snQ
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The woman smiled as she backed away a bit. "It’s not good news, I’m afraid."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSpmla9vnR
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"Tell me."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDmdbjTaYk
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The woman stopped smiling as she sighed. "Her destiny is catching up to her. It has been for some years now."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSepBoH0Vn2
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"What do you mean?" Namatama looks confused.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Hc4Lmt5iG
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"Honey, why aren’t you here yet?" Diana’s father called out. Namatama almost muttered out loud, upset that her husband could call out like that when everybody else is fast asleep.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFiEbKF5Ac
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"I think you already know how she started behaving when she came back from boarding school a couple of years ago. Some might think she was going through puberty, but you as a mother knew better."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbC8QPxJb0
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"Something happened to her back at school?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndkwLKaw3n
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The woman in black nodded. "Yes. She’s been trying to act as normal as she can around you, but it's been difficult to keep it under wraps with all those weird events that used to happen."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWRWHO0T6h
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Namatama’s eyes widened with fear. "Tell me, what’s really going on with her?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZzN3feL4a
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"I can’t spare you all the details, but all this is happening because of what took place the time she was born."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbYABgKQT9
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Namatama gasped as she slowly started to back away, shaking her head. "You lie. This can’t be true."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeT6SY2sLW
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"I’m just here to tell you to expect some bad news."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFUPt4cmFB
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Namatama continued to back away as her heart started to feel heavy with grief. She felt a sharp piercing through her heart and tears already started to fill her eyes. "What have I done?" she muttered. "What have I done?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQnyenzyMz
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Her hand flew to her chest as she sank to her knees onto the carpeted floor. Tears quickly fell onto her cheeks as she covered her mouth. The woman in black continued to look at her as she said:296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeHokaNfb0
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"As heartbreaking as this is, you should know that Diana is a very strong girl. But I’m afraid the danger she is facing right now is too great that she has to brace herself."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKd6LCt0CD
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Namatama looked up at the woman. "You claim Diana is strong. How strong when she’s just a young defenceless girl?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OtbyNVp1v
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The smile the woman had earlier plastered onto her face again. "A lot has happened over the years that has made your daughter the bravest girl I’ve ever seen. She’s been through a lot. And for a girl her age, I’m surprised she has matured this quickly, especially with her true nature coming into fruition. Many people wouldn’t have handled it as well as she has."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1wzATllMA
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Namatama sniffed as she wiped away the tears from her eyes. "Her true nature? Does that mean she’s like your kind?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhjjM3eJjo
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The woman in black gave a nod. Namatama chocked, but she quickly pulled herself together.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AojrHi3ky
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"Please, tell me, that she’ll be okay. That she’ll come back home."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1YG0cLHCM
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"I can’t guarantee she will survive. But if she does and manages to come home, can you do me a favour?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWr3sVqmuo
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"What is that?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dnA78Nqb9
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"Tell her the truth."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbstAmJwZ2u
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"What?" Namatama looked surprised.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTNpw33six
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She could hear footsteps coming down the hall. Her husband is coming.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1dlNlBbrI
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"She deserves it. Nothing is more painful than not knowing why you're a target to so many. That's what she has been going through for so long. You should tell her. She deserves to know."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOUjeoqk2e
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"Why are you telling me this now after all this time?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNQILC5UY3
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The woman put up a genuine smile. "Just like you, Diana is also very important to me. Don’t make the mistake of not telling her. It's best it comes from you and not anyone else."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6rzL5pGAj
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"Namatama, what did I tell you about…?" came her husband, and he paused upon seeing his wife on the floor. "What are you doing?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YZSuhjLgi
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Namatama quickly wiped away the tears from her eyes and stood up. She looked in front of her and the woman in black had disappeared.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UksCJ0C7k
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"I was just praying," Namatama lied, as she turned to her husband, but with her eyes downcast.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6019h2MVT
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"Don’t worry too much," said her husband as he came to stand beside her and held her shoulders. "Diana is fine. I know it."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkOE5V7iAx
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"You’re probably right," Namatama gave a nod. "All we can do is pray for her."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAS7WNJLwe
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"That’s the spirit. Come, let us go back to sleep."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVGFumu6L7
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Namatama couldn’t argue there as she followed her husband who made sure to switch the lights off in the living room. As they walked down the hall, Namatama couldn’t help but let a tear in her right eye drop down her cheek, praying for Diana to come back home safely.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItPvRK1wOk
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"You can't be serious!" Mutale looked at me in disbelief. "How can you believe him?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xFGYaIst9
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"I just know," I said as I continued to stare at Lucifer. "If he was after me, he would’ve come himself or sent his strongest legions."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpd4FPJJsL0
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"But he might be the one who sent that thing after you," said Stella. "You sound so convinced that it’s not him."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yX3qk84Yv
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I turn to look at her. "If it really is him, we wouldn’t be seated here."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjR613XZ2Lr
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"She’s right," Lucifer joined in. "I would’ve locked you two pretty ladies up and this Elite soldier would’ve been torn to shreds by my hounds."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVtZiUQeKj
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"Isn’t that convincing enough?" Lucius asked, still standing behind Diana’s seat.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ag8NBD28s
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Mutale and Stella stay silent. As much as this is difficult to take in, arguing with me over something I'm so sure of will be futile.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ27awPRxMC
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"Okay, if it isn’t him," Stella started, "then who could it be? He’s the only one we know who can control shadow monsters. Worse, we’re talking about a level one."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRpzWnoUNR
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"How sure are you that the shadow monster didn’t just attack you out of nowhere, Diana?" Lucifer asked.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz74aJ5QpZX
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I look back at him, trying to relive what happened. "Well, I’ve encountered shadow monsters and also a level one." I feel Stella look at me. I must have forgotten to mention that I had faced a level one before. "And this one felt like the one I fought before. Shadow monsters might be mindless creatures that love to bring about destruction, but there’s something about a level one that has always kept me wondering whether they really do think on their own."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp8XyFOse0
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Lucifer leaned back in his seat. "Yes, shadow monsters are mindless and can thrive on their own without me controlling them."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZYwb24DWz
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"Explains why some of them wander aimlessly around," said Stella.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsGu7EYYhH
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"True. But if I want them to do something, I can easily control them since I am the Prince of Darkness," said Lucifer with a smirk.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQ5rn57tmb
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"If he’s a prince, I wonder what that makes me," Lucius muttered.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgf6LFECtQX
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I couldn’t help but snicker. Lucius always did manage to put a smile on my face when I least expect him to. Moreover, the look on Lucifer’s face is just priceless.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PsmFipmHx
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"As for a level one," Lucifer continued, "they are the most dangerous, making them the most difficult to control."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA802IuqxyL
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"Are you saying you also have a hard time controlling them?" Mutale asked.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJDxpERqMx
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"No," Lucius scoffed. "It’s easy for me, but if anyone tries to, it’s frustrating and requires a lot of practice."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRFctbD14d
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For a moment there, Mutale, Stella and I remain silent. Did he just say "if anyone?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDKg99oFOJ
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"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lucifer asked with a quizzical look on his face.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OOvwI2qRr
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"Anyone can control a shadow monster?" Stella asked. 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhCQEQhLHm
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"Yes," Lucifer answered casually. 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Qmh9bLHzi
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I look at Stella. She also had the same surprised look. I turn to Mutale, and he looked like he has just seen something horrific unfold in front of him. 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2o6r90Oqk
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"I’m taking that you all didn’t know that anyone can control a shadow monster," said Lucifer.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZsPCs7vS2
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‘"No!" the three of us answered simultaneously.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kEliW1c1b
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"Wow, okay," said Lucifer, giving out a wince. "Silly me. No one is supposed to know about that. Ever."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnXVsvRf80
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"Well, in my world, we’ve always known that you," Stella pointed at him, "are the only one who can control them."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5v41yFhP1
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Lucifer chuckled. "While the supernatural world is a mystery to normal people, many supernaturals have also been blinded about their own world for years. Only a few go looking for the truth, and they don't like what they find. I hate to be so flippant about revealing the truth, but I'm not the only one who can control them."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzwz4MSwHD
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My eyes fell to the floor. This changes everything. Someone sent that thing after me. They must have also done so the first time I encountered it. But who could it be?296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdVChJgagf
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"This is going to be tough," said Mutale. "If the devil didn’t send that thing after you, Diana, then who did?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCa1P0x1XdF
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"Good question," said Lucius. "Controlling a shadow monster isn’t easy. I’ve been trying to do so for months now."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qeBkPiylY
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"Diana, what are you thinking?" Stella asked as she looked at me.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxIYohQbzT
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My eyes first flew to Lucifer as I asked, "you’ve just confirmed that anyone can control a shadow monster. What does one require for them to do so?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlB1xaisSL
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Everyone around me is silent. I’m not so sure if I’ve asked the right question, but it’s the only thing I’ve been thinking of since the stunning revelation.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFvVVjEl2J
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Lucifer smirked. "First, you’ll have to be a supernatural."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEUyUxPAu6
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"So, I can easily control one?" I asked.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2w7g435Ah
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"Yes. But…," he now stood up from his seat and went to one of the bookshelves in the room. "There are a few requirements that you’ll need."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oA2VofsKS
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"Something tells me it must be dark," said Mutale.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbmpNcobuW
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Lucifer ignored him by not commenting. He looked through the bookshelves at the thick books with hard black covers. I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but you can tell nothing good comes from those books.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf72IPoZT4u
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"Okay," he took one thick book on the shelf and brought it to the desk. It looked so thick that I’m glad I’ll never get to read it. Who knows what dark things it holds.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwX5iR70UAR
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He started to flip through the pages and I couldn’t help but take a peek. The pages are old, and I noticed that whoever wrote the book, had a pretty sharp, cursive handwriting. There were many drawings and illustrations on some pages and a few of them looked quite gruesome. Stella didn’t fringe away from looking at it. I turn to Mutale and I see him look the other side. Some Elite soldier, he is. 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Z2FvAavGO
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"So," I turn to look at Lucius behind me while we wait for Lucifer to find the page, "you say controlling a shadow monster is difficult. How difficult?" 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMxccKKI09
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"Like my father put it, it’s frustrating and depending on what level it is, it gets painful," Lucius answered.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMURb8mCnry
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"Painful, how?" Stella asked.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVne6E6Bez
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"The way you control it is almost similar to the way you can mind control a human being. It’s easier on humans because you can manipulate the mind. We already know shadow monsters are mindless, so you really have to dig a little deeper to take control of them, meaning it takes up a lot of your energy."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEOPblSttk
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"And if you aren’t careful," Lucifer chirped in as he continued to flip through the pages, "you might end up breaking your mind."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1P5i7QvRl
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"I’m guessing whoever brought up the rumour that only the devil can control such things, must have done so to prevent us from ever thinking that we can control one," I said.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSMgrlscc9
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Lucifer chuckled. "True. We did that because we know if many supernaturals broke their minds, we would’ve a lot of them causing havoc when that’s my job. And I am at least a little lenient." I gave him a look on that last part.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOo1G4o5cS5
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"Wait, you said ‘we’ just now," I quickly said. "Who else were part of this rumour?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBQJDhb6Fp
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"The Immortals of Old," he answered as he continued looking through the pages. "Those who have lived from the beginning of time, so to say."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfAlIkeCjF
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"Like you and the man upstairs?" He nodded. "Who else?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZc7S2iQXY
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"If I can recall, the person who was in charge of the Butterfly Island before her Highness was there too," Lucifer looks up at Stella.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kf471zmqr
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"Her Highness’ father," Stella answered.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2dI5IyGof
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"What happened to him?" I asked. "Did he die or something?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ooxR7Fdw6
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"Killing an immortal is hard, and you know that better than anyone, Diana," said Lucifer. "That old fella is probably somewhere either in this world or the other in a peaceful place chanting mantras or something."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJioafK1Bk
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"True," said Stella. "No one has actually heard from him in ages after leaving Her Highness in charge. I actually have never met him."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNBDsqA7Sw
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That’s a shock. Whatever reason he had for leaving his position and going elsewhere must have been genuine. The world of the supernatural is just as confusing and chaotic as the human one. If also given the chance, I would also disappear.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhhYRnT2VS
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"Ah, here it is," said Lucifer as his right finger landed on the desired page.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwNj5LpfZS
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Stella and I quickly stood up from our seats to look. Mutale remained where he is. Lucius slowly came to join us at the table.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8cQo5sBIC
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"Okay, so," Lucifer pointed to the paragraph on the page. "Like I said, you must be a supernatural. It says here for you to control something as dark as a shadow monster, you must join the dark side."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZsGZzyTGR
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"Meaning your side, right?" I asked, looking at Lucifer.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jhQCn8y3I
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"Yep. Selling your soul to me, that kind of thing. And…, it says here you must also sacrifice the one thing that means precious to you and there are some blood rituals you’ve to perform with all the symbols and stuff."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NQu64i4CW
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"Okay, but these are just the basic stuff that a lot of us could’ve already guessed," said Stella. "What we really want to know is who could it be."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7opN8jzZI
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"Stella is right," I said, looking up from the book to Lucifer. "You say anyone can control a shadow monster and these are the requirements. Isn’t there anyone who can naturally control them like you do? What if the person we seek never had to perform this ritual?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcL4YdeLU6z
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Lucifer now looked at me and this time, he had a grim look. "I was afraid you were going to ask me that," he said. He looked down at the book and flipped through a couple of pages. "Apparently, you’re right. I’m not the only one who can control them naturally. There are two more beings that can."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ505Z6ae3UZ
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"Two more?" Lucius also can’t believe it.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UPO0NMZpw
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"You really should be reading more," Lucifer threw his son a look. "Let me skip to the last part."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJD2NdGrHT6
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Lucifer pointed to the top left side of the book where there’s a list of names. His is the top. The second and third made my insides freeze. I should’ve known better, especially with the third.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUCaiLL0qH
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"No way," Stella said, bringing the words right out of my mouth. "This isn’t true, is it?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYp6i0JzTk
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I see Mutale lift his head and Lucifer now threw him a smirk. "You want to see it for yourself, don’t you? Lucius, help him up."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQgfOwEH9z
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"I don’t think it's necessary," I said.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0CvjflBCx
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"Oh, I think it is." Lucifer brought his left hand up in midair and at the same time, Mutale is lifted off his seat and brought forward. He flinched at first, trying to get away from Lucifer’s invisible grip, but he knows it's pointless. 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSA2fe0y4dz
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"Let me go," Mutale demanded.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywET7sLOfw
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"Come on, dad," said Lucius. "You can’t force him to look if he doesn’t want to."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJtYxNWyvk
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"But he has to. Today is a day of revelation."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BLcizPfxS
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Lucifer turned the book the other way around for Mutale to look at. Mutale did his level best to look upwards, but with a simple bend of his index finger, Lucifer made Mutale’s head point downwards. The look on Mutale’s face as his eyes fell on the book said it all.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmaCWHKRkH
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"No, no," Mutale muttered shaking his head. "This is a lie. This book holds nothing but lies."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnQlLDqTBi
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"I’m sorry, but this book was written centuries ago," said Lucifer. "Like I said before, so many things have been hidden from us that we only know what we think is relevant because it’s been set that way for ages. No one likes to know the truth. We all just like to hide in the sweet bliss of ignorance."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPwtrdAkOk
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"This must be a mistake. You’re lying. You’re a liar. That’s what you are."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIa1trZ4yd
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"I take it that I lie, but there’s so much you don’t know about your world and ours."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nlo4LF9uO
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"Enough," I said, taking the book and turning it away from Mutale’s eyes. "There must be a reasonable explanation for this. May you please put him back down?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3eS2kNiqB
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Lucifer dragged Mutale back to his seat, making him land onto the chair. This time, gently.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0uNVhChxy
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"Well, I think I’ve taken in a lot of these revelations for one day," said Stella as she looked at me. She soon went to sit back down on her chair.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIxgp0R6Wg
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I look at Mutale, and he still looked horrified. I feel bad for him. It’s not easy receiving the truth like he did just now. Even I’m trying to take it all in.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJrHmpLFHt
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I went back to look at the list and I realized that just after the first three were a few more. But the names were written in a symbolic language that I couldn’t recognize.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqjsManXxv
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"What does this mean?" I asked Lucifer as I pointed at the other names. "I can’t seem to recognize the words."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPasU67f1HQ
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"Whoever has control over shadow monsters has his name automatically written in the book," he answered as he looked at the page.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTolv1Y26i
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"Okay, but can you tell me who they are?"296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHM9DLwqNnx
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Lucifer now looked at me and that charming smile of his came back. "It’s not necessary. If I were you I should be more worried about number 3."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRipqZfoRau
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"He’s right," said Lucius. "I'm not surprised if he so happens to have sent the shadow monster after you."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6n0pAPDqYb
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"I’m worried about number 2," said Stella. "The thought of Him sending a shadow monster after Diana creeps me out."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQi7NUYtxu
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"Don’t say that," Mutale spoke up. "He can never do such a thing. That book says nothing but lies."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSYOihYED8
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"I’m sorry," said Lucifer, raising an eyebrow at Mutale. "But isn’t He the same person who created day and night? Light and darkness?" He sighed. "Let me tell you a little something to ease your mind a little."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraf5ODUPi4
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Everyone now turned their attention to Lucifer. So did Mutale.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBrDDeRG4L
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"As much as He can control shadow monsters, He wouldn’t do it just to get to Diana," Lucifer continued. "He has you Elite soldiers for that. If He wanted to, I bet He would’ve sent his angels to do the job, but the Golden Elite decided to take up the role."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgVc5YubTm
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I’m trying to take this all in, and I bet the rest are too.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUugtm0Zco
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"How do you know all this?" I asked.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtBk8RNJ32
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"He can’t control a shadow monster without me knowing about it, so he’s already out of the question. It’s just the way it is. Moreover, if I try to do something similar to the light, he would know. That’s why the two of us have always stayed in our lane to not bring about confusion. But I do like to give him a challenge once in a while."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALqF6xixr9
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My heart felt at ease. Stella looked relaxed and Mutale exhaled in relief. 296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSWrPueQQf
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"So, how do you know that the Golden Elite chose to take on the task of capturing me?" I asked.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2M8rIJcck
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"Nothing hides under the sun from me," said Lucifer with a smile.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaHdvjS1Vg
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"That’s just to say that he has many informants," said Lucius.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOX2hzAAma
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Lucifer threw his son another look showing that he’s annoyed with him. Before he could throw a comment, a knock came at the door. For a moment, I forgot about where we were and that there are people in the house. Lucifer told whoever was at the door to come in, and the door flew open. A woman in a black dress and white apron stood there. She is short and plump with her blonde hair tied into a bun. This must be the house help.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkzLZtno8A
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"Morning, sir," she greeted Lucifer. "I’ve brought in food for our guests."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGP83h09Xo
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"Yes, bring it in. I want you to tell the guards to get everyone out of the house," Lucifer ordered. "The place looks like a hellhole."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYQHTwq88c
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Apart from the help, we all look at Lucifer with a questioning look. This place just happens to be one of his many hellholes.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeHY6sBjEe
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The help dragged in a movable tray behind her and there are all sorts of delicious breakfast treats: chocolate chip cookies, eggs, bacon, bread and cereal for any of us craving for it. There were plenty of white teacups, plates and bowls to go around. And after all that’s happened in the last few hours, I now feel hungry.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH94IcdmGZb
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The help soon left and Lucifer said, "please, dig in. As for you," he turned to Mutale, "you also better eat up after receiving the news that your wonderful Being isn’t involved in this mess."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyACbONXRrK
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"Are you seriously asking me to eat?" Mutale asked, sounding surprised.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQAynEIjLH
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"Don’t make me change my mind. I can do that very quickly."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAywpGozMsr
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"I’ll help serve you," said Stella as she stood up and approached the tray. "Now that I think about it, I’m starving."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8wt13qXCe
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"I’ll have some cookies and tea, please," said Mutale.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXTEU8iE2o
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"I need to eat too," said Lucifer as he also went to the tray. "I drank too much last night, I didn't have a bite to eat."296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflLRqw7evF
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"Want me to get you something, Diana?" Lucius asked as he looked at me.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyhpsEFvfZ
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"I'll serve myself, thanks," I said with a smile.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmsoCx9iec
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He gave me a concerned look before he gave a nod and went over to join Stella and his father.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lWDO8muL7
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I watched the three surrounding the tray before my eyes flew back to the open book before me. My eyes are gravely fixed on the name that's third on the list and my hunger quickly dissipated. I should've known earlier that there's only one being who really wants to get rid of me with all their might:296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjiMgpPq3j
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