The forest swallowed the last of the daylight as Maya pressed deeper into the ancient trees. Each step took her further from everything she knew.
She could still turn back. The thought surfaced like a reflex, but she pushed it down. The letter in her pocket was proof enough — someone out here knew what happened to her mother.
The sound of running water grew louder...
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The letter trembled in Maya's hands. Three words, written in her mother's unmistakable cramped script: Don't follow me.
But Maya had never been good at following instructions. Especially not the ones that mattered most. She folded the letter back into its envelope and tucked it into the inside pocket of her jacket, close to her heart. Close to the question that had haunted her for seven years.
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