t had something to say something dark and urgent. Ada and Daniel had bar

aniel said, folding the map. "Your father mark

ached. But she didn't care. She had com

ing steeper and more twisted. Vines curled like snakes a

, Daniel

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ooked like an old bunker or underground station, half-covered in moss and leaves.

ce isn't just old. It's secure

unning her fingers ove

ic

nd. Before she could react, the

da

illed with branches and mud. Pain shot through her leg

oice echoed from above.

p there. Someone set a tr

en nodded. "I'll fin

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e're here,

a rustle then foot

passed ov

was ab

ld her

lack from head to toe, his face partially hidd

he sm

lood ra

away witho

h and rope he'd found nearby. "I saw someone," he sai

t to cry. "He didn't try to hurt me. He j

aller shelter under a collapsed tree trunk. Ada wra

s isn't just about my father. Someone is guardin

just hiding. He was protecting something. And now.

gain. The bunker. The s

pointed t

something much bigger

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n the mid