This Girl Followed a Puppy Into an Alley—Then Disappeared From Maps
The Second Symbol
Behind the torn page was a folded scrap of parchment. It crinkled like dried leaves as Lila opened it. There was another symbol: a triangle inside a circle, drawn with what looked like ash. Her fingers smudged it slightly as she touched it. Something low echoed through the basement, like humming through concrete.
A shadow passed between the boxes behind her. Not the shape of a person. Not the puppy. Something else. It didn’t come closer, just waited. She backed up the stairs and slammed the door behind her. But even hours later, at home, she kept seeing that second symbol behind her eyes when she blinked.
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