Waindale

Wrenley moves to Waindale, the place where her mother grew up and where her grandmother still lives. Between the pine trees and above the wet ground, she soon realizes that Waindale is anything but the perfect place she remembers it as. Dark things stalk the woods. Dark things are pulling her in. "I turn on the lamp that's sat on top of my dresser. The pink lampshade makes my room glow with a feminine warmth, and it shines through the glass of my window; a signal so he can find his way home. It's dark out there, so bone-chillingly dark that I nearly fear for him before realizing that he is the greatest danger in those woods."

Sydney Marie · Kỳ huyễn

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Chapter20

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/"Are you ready for your first day at Waindale Academy, dear?/" Grandma asks as I enter the kitchen in my spiffy new uniform. I sit down at the table and she places a plate in front of me. /"What would you like? Something special for your first day?/"

/"I can't eat. I feel sick,/" I tell her. /"If I eat, I may just vomit./"

/"What? What's wrong? Did you catch the flu? Maybe you shouldn't go to school today, Wrenley, not if you're going to be sick./"

/"No, no,/" I mutter. /"I have to go. I just can't eat. The thought of it makes my stomach hurt./"

Grandma sighs. /"Oh, goodness. Will you bring something with you? There are granola bars in the pantry./" I nod and she fetches them. I lift my backpack to my lap and stuff them inside, knowing that I'll forget they're there anyway.

/"Where's mom?/" I ask. Usually she's up by now.

/"Oh, she must be asleep still. Do you want me to wake her up to see you off?/"

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