This Girl Followed a Puppy Into an Alley—Then Disappeared From Maps
A Name in the Dust
Lila stumbled back into the alley, her chest tight. The puppy was nowhere in sight. The streetlights buzzed softly above, casting long shadows on the brick. She almost convinced herself it hadn’t happened—until she saw the message scratched into the grime on the alley wall. Letters, clear as day: “LILA HART SAW IT.”
It was her name and her secret, but written by someone who knew exactly what she’d done. She wiped it away with her sleeve, but the mark stayed faintly visible, like it had been burned into the brick. Something had followed her back—or had never left. And now, it knew her name.
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