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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkVywjJZkz
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7cuSoU4vH
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC5YDVht1e
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIB9INDQAX
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"Pepani (sorry)," she apologized. "I was looking for my phone, have you seen it?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDzla7VyHG
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"Mm?" her husband can’t believe this. "Who do you want to call at this time?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlS97sbMPx
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"It's urgent," she said as she pushed the covers aside to get out of bed.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYqvOEcF4e
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZckffI8ql
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiIGuvgvo2
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"Yaba (Goodness)," he groaned. "Here we go again."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0kHUdJptW
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzttZggq6KF
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vuqfyw9II
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8xYpEZV2i
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjofzDrffb
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUmcAleLcu
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOYdBJTDOQ
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"Who are you trying to call?" he asked. "Don’t tell me it's Diana."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRJRo3bQbW
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"So?" Diana’s mother asked. "I just want to know how she’s doing?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6aSnO0l2v
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"At this time?" her husband approached her. "She’s asleep. And you know she switches off her phone."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKLPEM0gKM
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"I just want to know how she’s doing."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHlu6dF1eT
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKtToefhDC
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxf4t5YxrDa
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NyGytMqwK
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He put his hand on her shoulder. "What could be so different about this one?" he asked.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoXFfN9wBj
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYq4Sd6f7B2
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CpN3dMPhg
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfq5kqjbK2
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4t4OmnWaOq
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2dvH3bQ8N
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5rkEYd59n
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoeK6SEpJ6
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"That’s what you think, but…"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAa0hE9uqBZ
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpZWK3o23T
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0M0APYI71g
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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." 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtX8peOobAy
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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. 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzm2yQvEJa
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"Okay, can I send a message to Katy so that she calls me when she sees it?" she asked. 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGOR2AL3pm
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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." 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd72pNmrNNX
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qRejQ3hS2
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMihaNfFoa
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dpwK8x67F
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"I must be imagining things," she told herself.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rPdrXBoRF
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"And what if you aren’t?" came a voice.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGh7L3xbFr
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eFlCsNDcs
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvBFLSt9Z9
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEYbtli9UN
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUe6VMlnH7
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKE5ZcemY9t
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"Hello, Namatama," came a female voice behind the mask. "Long time no see."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXi8JdEVHvP
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ148m4C7eiX
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFxXDUb2Lp
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"I know," said the lady in front of her. "But aren’t you up thinking about your daughter, Diana?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjf318jg30G
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Namatama froze, looking at the lady before finding her voice. "What do you know about her?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGH3kHhUm0G
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIG23G6UxzE
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Namatama’s eyes widened. "What do you know about Diana?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCH7UIXg6m
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"A lot more than you, that’s for sure. Diana is a very special child. You should know that."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuR16u135BK
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"She’s my daughter, of course she’s special."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsMcBbSiRl
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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." 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtL8LPHkQAk
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3oHLP8Rvk
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The woman smiled as she backed away a bit. "It’s not good news, I’m afraid."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAw17yrgEn
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"Tell me."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZPkn4pvFr
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kRZaxi3LH
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"What do you mean?" Namatama looks confused.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5i5fmoDwqS
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3saHmfB66
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoR60tXVKN
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"Something happened to her back at school?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GB8iToaEK
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QlIaXw5mq
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Namatama’s eyes widened with fear. "Tell me, what’s really going on with her?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5susIbb7ea
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEibnJMCj9e
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Namatama gasped as she slowly started to back away, shaking her head. "You lie. This can’t be true."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qmcUMsy8T
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"I’m just here to tell you to expect some bad news."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3sVN4GaRt
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9cUGoORch
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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:417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycPOChiYVt
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4QeN9mkbL
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdT7wJh4RP
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDrzbBKCl8
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtX254wt6H
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The woman in black gave a nod. Namatama chocked, but she quickly pulled herself together.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfGIhDax7g
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"Please, tell me, that she’ll be okay. That she’ll come back home."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZZNLepnx6
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAzuSVP2Y0
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"What is that?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoelF3kWYt
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"Tell her the truth."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp20hwWBlzl
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"What?" Namatama looked surprised.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmNmsDShYN
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She could hear footsteps coming down the hall. Her husband is coming.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zYSoLALza
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4srBma6zbG
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"Why are you telling me this now after all this time?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb3hb69hQI
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9328itzDO
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSUxbsax73
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0fQyHxTGg
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"I was just praying," Namatama lied, as she turned to her husband, but with her eyes downcast.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQxLnuhcoR
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7iNNlCbdK
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"You’re probably right," Namatama gave a nod. "All we can do is pray for her."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRaUOK6Jwl
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"That’s the spirit. Come, let us go back to sleep."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqF6pnzXySN
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhsiASHOiL
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"You can't be serious!" Mutale looked at me in disbelief. "How can you believe him?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlUJj37SMo
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd148yGkW0
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡem5ivMAhfa
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I turn to look at her. "If it really is him, we wouldn’t be seated here."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AkGvHJRsz
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUj24v6Yxkx
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"Isn’t that convincing enough?" Lucius asked, still standing behind Diana’s seat.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorubdMogAa
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWX66UFK9b
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxTXOgDdsX
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"How sure are you that the shadow monster didn’t just attack you out of nowhere, Diana?" Lucifer asked.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtC402M7Csj
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyuphM0UIJ
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSwZLrTgqc
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"Explains why some of them wander aimlessly around," said Stella.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp97vrTOzbK
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdlebXEqet
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"If he’s a prince, I wonder what that makes me," Lucius muttered.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL611Qogg18
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAOhEmhkQi
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"As for a level one," Lucifer continued, "they are the most dangerous, making them the most difficult to control."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYfNKYAqhx
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"Are you saying you also have a hard time controlling them?" Mutale asked.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6OuOneD7C
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokRaELrgW4
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For a moment there, Mutale, Stella and I remain silent. Did he just say "if anyone?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwomIcDfY1A
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"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lucifer asked with a quizzical look on his face.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GPycv6vSv
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"Anyone can control a shadow monster?" Stella asked. 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgzTqZOeAo
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"Yes," Lucifer answered casually. 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRJ4qQcp1q
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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. 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzRJNUz8zu
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"I’m taking that you all didn’t know that anyone can control a shadow monster," said Lucifer.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfPbOFOIpt
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‘"No!" the three of us answered simultaneously.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65khBA0Qo9
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"Wow, okay," said Lucifer, giving out a wince. "Silly me. No one is supposed to know about that. Ever."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuknyDLbxio
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFE6xUTCnX
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMOKWWH659
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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?417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNMeSt3MsR
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqlXxFVKwM
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8RsTmulnB
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"Diana, what are you thinking?" Stella asked as she looked at me.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JyhWvUypG
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfqXkOKnm2
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXh3WPpmWUz
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Lucifer smirked. "First, you’ll have to be a supernatural."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRKR3hGL16
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"So, I can easily control one?" I asked.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzIzkfASQl
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAlBTE9GPe
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"Something tells me it must be dark," said Mutale.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8a6OFdcN8m
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5Q61zOSAR
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3jpgaIB45
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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. 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzBwKXt2lM
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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?" 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwxVNTM1r2
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"Like my father put it, it’s frustrating and depending on what level it is, it gets painful," Lucius answered.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT64AvIqdNy
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"Painful, how?" Stella asked.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZihcFqwyvC
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqd1yJOpod
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURODViw0rv
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzJnTRNGpz
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9hwhO0lbY
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"Wait, you said ‘we’ just now," I quickly said. "Who else were part of this rumour?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEz2QFdcAlE
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkEdiJivGX
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"Like you and the man upstairs?" He nodded. "Who else?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGHc3RDhsV
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHM2KPRIXE
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"Her Highness’ father," Stella answered.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHN9VhyM2h
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"What happened to him?" I asked. "Did he die or something?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5Jyb8iYVJ
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFq72JkSxL
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLEGT5MASk
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtHuNKYWnh
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"Ah, here it is," said Lucifer as his right finger landed on the desired page.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKa1aFpETdc
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKRyO9LzsZ
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZIiCXyISZ
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"Meaning your side, right?" I asked, looking at Lucifer.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6poqKYJsII
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡte6oyBGlzv
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwYvf2i1hM
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwz0y0DpHz
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJozAH4ODg
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"Two more?" Lucius also can’t believe it.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdtbEP8aqu
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"You really should be reading more," Lucifer threw his son a look. "Let me skip to the last part."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLxLz65I5Z
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9N7JTh3X4j
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"No way," Stella said, bringing the words right out of my mouth. "This isn’t true, is it?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBFwhYQk1N
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20PAiFK8Pu
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"I don’t think it's necessary," I said.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKudGuArRqk
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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. 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCtwTZAChA
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"Let me go," Mutale demanded.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNnpIgIaN0
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"Come on, dad," said Lucius. "You can’t force him to look if he doesn’t want to."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡui7gSXKIb1
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"But he has to. Today is a day of revelation."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChglA41YMp
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUE1q5Sfrv
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"No, no," Mutale muttered shaking his head. "This is a lie. This book holds nothing but lies."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXuiN1xeZs
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb6BXBjGHi
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"This must be a mistake. You’re lying. You’re a liar. That’s what you are."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1BOwGEvfu
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"I take it that I lie, but there’s so much you don’t know about your world and ours."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VVfjLNIJJ
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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?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡste3JgtPNf
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Lucifer dragged Mutale back to his seat, making him land onto the chair. This time, gently.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBp3TKD3bK
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvN32QNGyb
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObhzWjIkCP
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBci8DuPGx
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5UL3Yc7l5
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb8DpLpioi
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"Okay, but can you tell me who they are?"417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUd36vnUtFX
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchFZZCdgdx
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf33ocKih2q
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZBb3xjhFm
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"Don’t say that," Mutale spoke up. "He can never do such a thing. That book says nothing but lies."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8Megj9h4w
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkRrcC32hR
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Everyone now turned their attention to Lucifer. So did Mutale.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGi5P520uV
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaafAEDLO3V
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I’m trying to take this all in, and I bet the rest are too.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSRl0wlOPf
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"How do you know all this?" I asked.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllQUGJxg86
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImUMgKRkrV
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My heart felt at ease. Stella looked relaxed and Mutale exhaled in relief. 417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSX7NVVZaHX
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"So, how do you know that the Golden Elite chose to take on the task of capturing me?" I asked.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiokU6xWUkH
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"Nothing hides under the sun from me," said Lucifer with a smile.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7GkOOXEdN
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"That’s just to say that he has many informants," said Lucius.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukIOb8QETv
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79pQAbHpeX
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"Morning, sir," she greeted Lucifer. "I’ve brought in food for our guests."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljSVK6UxEr
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZKf48Su0y
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGmt7KIGq6
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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.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNGaV9sdzt
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeyQHRoeej
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"Are you seriously asking me to eat?" Mutale asked, sounding surprised.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4b19afuVQ
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"Don’t make me change my mind. I can do that very quickly."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKp2H0T6CiD
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIywjBbt1Z
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"I’ll have some cookies and tea, please," said Mutale.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfr9Fn1cJE
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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."417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7D2cY7JBcu
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"Want me to get you something, Diana?" Lucius asked as he looked at me.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb7koBAxge
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"I'll serve myself, thanks," I said with a smile.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDR3cLNCwPG
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He gave me a concerned look before he gave a nod and went over to join Stella and his father.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJVgUJPO5X
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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:417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUFZ8AjBLg
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