Morning came, and last night felt like a blur. Emery didn't really remember much, she didn't even know how she ended up in her bed. She sat up, eyes scanning the room. But her mind quickly turned to think about Cassian, her eyes searched everywhere, her hand reached for her phone, a message at 3:09 AM sat there on her screen, waiting to be opened. She let out a sigh of relief when she saw it was from Cassian.
"Sorry I left like that, I hope you're not too scared. Oh, by the way. There was something on your doorstep when I walked out, I left it on the living room table. Hope I didn't wake you up." - Cassian (AKA Mystery Boy) <- According to Emery's contact name for him. She typed up a quick message 'It's okay, and thank you.' She stood up, and walked down the stairs into the living room. Her eyes landed on a package that said her name. Must be the pre-order she made for the collector's edition of 'The Cruel Prince'. She picked up up the box and went back up stairs, placing the three books on her shelf, and throwing the box aside. She sat on her bed, sighing not knowing what to do. She only remembered the letter, and breaking out in tears in front of Cassian, maybe that's why he left. Maybe he thought she was being weird, how stupid to even think that. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjoTKY9GUw
The whole day went by like a blur, Cassian came over again. He brought lunch with him, she smiled when she noticed it was Chick-Fil-A. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36tgUixIhB
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"Did you sleep properly?" He asked, placing the food down. Emery nodded, even if she yawned every now and then. He gave a soft hum, and sat down. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66KN4dkP7c
"How did I get to my bed?"16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9F56NOr8hI
"Oh, I carried you to it." 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxgJEtCcJy
She blinked, shocked, confused. So he hadn't left her there, and she hadn't sleep walked to her bed. She sighed, a content sigh.
"Oh, that's good. So about last night, I wanted to say sorry for just you know breaking down in front of you and well... Being all stupid-" But he cut her off before she could even finish her speech.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJKkTZ5avK
"Okay, first of all. Don't say sorry, you're human you still have feelings. Second of all, I didn't mind it. I felt your pain, okay? So don't ever think you're being weird or too much. Besides I would've done the same if I were you." He said, mid bite. She smiled softly and nodded. They agreed on taking the whole day to just research about what could've happened a week before, days before maybe even hours. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnD4cYbqstr
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They walked around town, stopping at every place Ian had gone. Emery didn't know what else to do as she sipped on a half cold coffee inside the town's coffee shop. Cassian wrote down notes, maybe that was the only hope left.. Or was it? The air around them changed when the soft jingle of the bell rang, as if they were being watched. Suddenly a voice broke through the tension. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KgpYPyWpm
"Are you Emery Kane?" Emery blinked looking up, she met eyes with a girl her age. Tall, broad shoulders, a highlighted pixie cut, glasses and an outfit that screamed Y2K. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZNB6wWBbU
"Uh, yeah... That's me, and you are?"16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauGa3YqoTz
"Oh, sorry. I'm Jules Choi, I'm a junior at WEHS, we've met. In government and economics. Anyway, I was just wondering. Well I was going to tell you, I found this photo in my brother's drawer, I don't know who it is. It sort of looks like your brother, but yeah. Oh, sorry for not introducing myself-" she turned to Cassian smiling at him, she shook his hand and smiled. "Well, I hope that helps, bye." She walks away, leaving them both clueless. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVui42viOpG
"Well she's something."16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3Ye5w1fr3
"Eh, Jules is always like that. Anyway, I remember this picture, this was a month before he went missing, at the mall. How does her cousin have this- wait never mind, I know her brother. Jett Choi, he was Ian's age, but what does this picture have to do with- hey what-" Cassian snatches the picture away from her, studying it, he turns it around to the back reading the messy handwriting on it. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VmjqDgby5
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'For memories; soon you'll be gone. I'll miss you, dude. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYOt7vhV0n
-J.C.' 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXITrMJu8n
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"Huh, seems like Jett knew about Ian being the next in line or something. What's relevant in this picture is the background, see that person in the background. That sort of sketchy looking people, those are watchers. The covenant, probably calculating his every move." He said, placing the picture down, and sighing. Emery sighed, leaning her head back in defeat. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsYGNn24a3
"This is hopeless, I mean where else could we possible find clues?"16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5FpRCa3Q3
"The forest, but I doubt you'd wanna go in there. Probably too scared, a tiny little ghost scared of the woods? Adorable." He jokes, she scoffs. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwogA6kxWs
"Whatever, let's get going mystery boy."16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5eiimMgbj
"When will you stop calling me that?"16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrtoKfketf
"The day I uncover who you truly are behind all that mystery, duh." 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYhawerqNJ
They left, towards the woods. The danger, and the mist... 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJQmIhIvqf
