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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OWNalxTll
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMd9N4mso0F
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Uv55bE6lw
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5T1mjwblK
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"Pepani (sorry)," she apologized. "I was looking for my phone, have you seen it?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrA2WXHOT3B
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"Mm?" her husband can’t believe this. "Who do you want to call at this time?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixESMdWLDy
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"It's urgent," she said as she pushed the covers aside to get out of bed.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuSRk3a0p2
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkinbathKV
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZnz7l48En
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"Yaba (Goodness)," he groaned. "Here we go again."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43MCDRpa7C
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVAatnMb9N
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TeHAeEFua
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyolbSLKo2l
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JZKrcoTs0
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1t09ASWKR
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriDql9ted0
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"Who are you trying to call?" he asked. "Don’t tell me it's Diana."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBCLIPIsw0
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"So?" Diana’s mother asked. "I just want to know how she’s doing?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqfi83h6sm
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"At this time?" her husband approached her. "She’s asleep. And you know she switches off her phone."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKf4LB9GTS
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"I just want to know how she’s doing."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIccZSpKkf
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDPHdOiMbP
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKT5DhJWGG
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOAkWCU0ti
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He put his hand on her shoulder. "What could be so different about this one?" he asked.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEOJgXHhBo
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8oagS51am
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIq1aIAw4Q
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxXNoGBdum
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Bk4uATjcx
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EjnnyyRmV
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLhju3X5C1
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM22UMUL4zZ
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"That’s what you think, but…"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPiN8QGbRK
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHePObueWF1
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77lNofCs71
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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." 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vX3rpTlI5
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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. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGawJKEbI1
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"Okay, can I send a message to Katy so that she calls me when she sees it?" she asked. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAEouVbk0o
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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." 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3W40o7nXbo
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxCOkjwEEf
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1u1ZvYSzU
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDAUfQgrvl
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"I must be imagining things," she told herself.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PQAXklXDr
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"And what if you aren’t?" came a voice.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJU5DjrRxeR
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypyPxksWgR
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJsFWID0d7
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtCIrr3v2F
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ669fQr22S
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpe22G6uN5q
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"Hello, Namatama," came a female voice behind the mask. "Long time no see."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNDfR71vph
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB10xn74QoC
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFT7dbj4Dq
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"I know," said the lady in front of her. "But aren’t you up thinking about your daughter, Diana?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUny232Yo7S
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Namatama froze, looking at the lady before finding her voice. "What do you know about her?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K6ZPYYQk6
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1g40o2dme
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Namatama’s eyes widened. "What do you know about Diana?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9N1aLR3d5
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"A lot more than you, that’s for sure. Diana is a very special child. You should know that."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSl1sQLS4wW
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"She’s my daughter, of course she’s special."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXyMBbJBNj
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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." 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSNvnu8Xcq
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1MMPIPLVV
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The woman smiled as she backed away a bit. "It’s not good news, I’m afraid."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpLaeEulaK
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"Tell me."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRboPjC7xyq
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvYG73hXGn
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"What do you mean?" Namatama looks confused.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOVqq3NTW1
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8i4d5QVZI
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJItuSaIt7Z
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"Something happened to her back at school?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpzLnuldlj
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsRK4WBqcI
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Namatama’s eyes widened with fear. "Tell me, what’s really going on with her?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGIiSzPFuc
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstFGw5E8p8
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Namatama gasped as she slowly started to back away, shaking her head. "You lie. This can’t be true."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLOPZgFqbL
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"I’m just here to tell you to expect some bad news."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxU59eLmP1K
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasPc9WDJDJ
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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:555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppDKmtujSi
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIQ69WfPTZ
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzb6VwJzsKc
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGBL0028CN
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1QskezQzK
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The woman in black gave a nod. Namatama chocked, but she quickly pulled herself together.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQYeMPVuOW
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"Please, tell me, that she’ll be okay. That she’ll come back home."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlAIXLtT5z
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ekg8iOYiw
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"What is that?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrvag8GqNg
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"Tell her the truth."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9xShUCecp
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"What?" Namatama looked surprised.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Lq2hlJOI6
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She could hear footsteps coming down the hall. Her husband is coming.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2CwLgo0Gn
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKO6m8YwzNP
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"Why are you telling me this now after all this time?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDN5vRWc1xq
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4soXojN6kU
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6cDONUHqm
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PSX4qUrPv
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"I was just praying," Namatama lied, as she turned to her husband, but with her eyes downcast.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxjWXmAAmt
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB62V4T6wwl
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"You’re probably right," Namatama gave a nod. "All we can do is pray for her."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLg61qM3x2f
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"That’s the spirit. Come, let us go back to sleep."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtFHKE4EiC
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvErRYw7pdf
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"You can't be serious!" Mutale looked at me in disbelief. "How can you believe him?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZBOSieSrU
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHqbBfSvvd
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHUWWf0SaO
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I turn to look at her. "If it really is him, we wouldn’t be seated here."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOXMWFhcUP
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeoWnwqBS0
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"Isn’t that convincing enough?" Lucius asked, still standing behind Diana’s seat.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQHLoRBze5
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDw4l1lCkX
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf0G31Lxmz
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"How sure are you that the shadow monster didn’t just attack you out of nowhere, Diana?" Lucifer asked.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsDEbg9Jhq
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWowbORSlO
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxwVna9TWV
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"Explains why some of them wander aimlessly around," said Stella.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQdmyyRyMe
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFe5ipFMMxF
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"If he’s a prince, I wonder what that makes me," Lucius muttered.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkyZIMLT15
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvz5ZxDczRy
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"As for a level one," Lucifer continued, "they are the most dangerous, making them the most difficult to control."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdyVuCBQSl
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"Are you saying you also have a hard time controlling them?" Mutale asked.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7i9qFuwjH8
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIYYeDTZDz
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For a moment there, Mutale, Stella and I remain silent. Did he just say "if anyone?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZV1gdOh7m
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"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lucifer asked with a quizzical look on his face.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQLAgV3C5R
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"Anyone can control a shadow monster?" Stella asked. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghXRMJzUDa
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"Yes," Lucifer answered casually. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGtpPFp1gH
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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. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlGsazuJy2
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"I’m taking that you all didn’t know that anyone can control a shadow monster," said Lucifer.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWef1S8i71
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‘"No!" the three of us answered simultaneously.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4tmv33Yaw
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"Wow, okay," said Lucifer, giving out a wince. "Silly me. No one is supposed to know about that. Ever."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFU7WOZlhZ
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NrEPcDoVS
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfUsQgahak
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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?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHJh5p4miT
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RTW0PyG58
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa1jFVS4Oh
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"Diana, what are you thinking?" Stella asked as she looked at me.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGA2ybcOAv1
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIImAv7rIfz
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSEQ8iFBdE
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Lucifer smirked. "First, you’ll have to be a supernatural."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6MBDaqKdJ
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"So, I can easily control one?" I asked.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYVJQe3uHi
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjvl9xYJ3y
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"Something tells me it must be dark," said Mutale.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNoj7FuG2T
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZjbD9Al9G
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuG81tltryp
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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. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYa801cFIcx
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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?" 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasVfR36EM7
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"Like my father put it, it’s frustrating and depending on what level it is, it gets painful," Lucius answered.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu1IhncgcF
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"Painful, how?" Stella asked.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YzjjnDhWA
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUw0YPUWLN
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkECV8YIFlX
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfekAxI4oI7
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbD8gHGbgfX
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"Wait, you said ‘we’ just now," I quickly said. "Who else were part of this rumour?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uURp9S7ri
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwJ4PzIJI3
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"Like you and the man upstairs?" He nodded. "Who else?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0igaCzfzxy
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNDIN8s0tE
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"Her Highness’ father," Stella answered.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLv70HEIOk
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"What happened to him?" I asked. "Did he die or something?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurJxW0ZkpN
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGkiaUHlG5
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBxyMGJc06
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2ajQuPGQB
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"Ah, here it is," said Lucifer as his right finger landed on the desired page.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6CLsDvQjI
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lMuFe920P
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5StcJGW4e
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"Meaning your side, right?" I asked, looking at Lucifer.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNiY3VVXKJ
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbIl2GnJj0
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wYuWyvqhU
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpJExRmYFo
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTWDYjaBik
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"Two more?" Lucius also can’t believe it.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZlAlFgdxT
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"You really should be reading more," Lucifer threw his son a look. "Let me skip to the last part."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlhi171fy5
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSFXyNZ1eY
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"No way," Stella said, bringing the words right out of my mouth. "This isn’t true, is it?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhuyuMAA8D
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENkYplyWJn
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"I don’t think it's necessary," I said.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpr5GllrVBv
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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. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMKMEJEwu7
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"Let me go," Mutale demanded.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeC0XxuC7KX
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"Come on, dad," said Lucius. "You can’t force him to look if he doesn’t want to."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCOlUIzjRQ
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"But he has to. Today is a day of revelation."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVWuTMjiDX
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqOkDy0TKP
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"No, no," Mutale muttered shaking his head. "This is a lie. This book holds nothing but lies."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkV3beszqi
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCF8yRIXIQ0
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"This must be a mistake. You’re lying. You’re a liar. That’s what you are."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzK8fnnpPO
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"I take it that I lie, but there’s so much you don’t know about your world and ours."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBtIIsUJBe
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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?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXme0zkcI1D
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Lucifer dragged Mutale back to his seat, making him land onto the chair. This time, gently.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCwvzWXTKP
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoI1OPkngE
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11CbyMtq7M
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAPy4SCU3R
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21X57rTYIV
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltZ1qIyyGr
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"Okay, but can you tell me who they are?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynIE3XKHgZ
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlvhhiZIzX
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQBMcKoaml
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnZVba76mW
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"Don’t say that," Mutale spoke up. "He can never do such a thing. That book says nothing but lies."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGufjqlhDRt
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMazaSIftq0
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Everyone now turned their attention to Lucifer. So did Mutale.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1uOmVe2mT
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqcIRsx8Rh
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I’m trying to take this all in, and I bet the rest are too.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8X6SCAVvbl
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"How do you know all this?" I asked.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8Kz75c9xl
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CxpU8hEIN
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My heart felt at ease. Stella looked relaxed and Mutale exhaled in relief. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7poPL3JUS
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"So, how do you know that the Golden Elite chose to take on the task of capturing me?" I asked.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlpR1oKwzA
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"Nothing hides under the sun from me," said Lucifer with a smile.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7OUm37LVk
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"That’s just to say that he has many informants," said Lucius.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaopv0KVfV
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzpGbu0wN4
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"Morning, sir," she greeted Lucifer. "I’ve brought in food for our guests."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3RCBJneKv
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqa4MJvTPU5
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnslE7Ou69M
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmWPzjX34D
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiirhjj0LGT
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"Are you seriously asking me to eat?" Mutale asked, sounding surprised.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZLZLgyrV5
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"Don’t make me change my mind. I can do that very quickly."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUfQvzFBed
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPn6GJzW00
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"I’ll have some cookies and tea, please," said Mutale.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC1g4V6Grm
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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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTdEX5vGOh
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"Want me to get you something, Diana?" Lucius asked as he looked at me.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQh4d2oDTsW
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"I'll serve myself, thanks," I said with a smile.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nftAffxNX
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He gave me a concerned look before he gave a nod and went over to join Stella and his father.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaPaFatSbG
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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:555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJktDlgueFb
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