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Prologue

                                                                            SET IN THE PAST

Her heart stopped beating, and the chaos around her came to a standstill. Nothing made sense anymore as she stood in the middle of the room, her hands stained with blood.

Her ears rang. Her legs felt like stone, refusing to move.

Ginger retreated into a bubble world inside her mind — a place where time had stopped, and she never returned to the real world she had just left behind.

Amid the piercing alarms and frantic noise, she remained eerily unshaken.

“Take her away,” a hoarse voice commanded.

The wailing in the background grew louder, but Ginger stayed trapped in her silence, as they dragged her out with harsh, inhuman force.

“Watch your head,” another voice warned.

Her eyes fixed on the car waiting outside the house. For a moment, she hesitated, glaring at it with a strange intensity — until they yanked her into the van against her will.

“Give her back!” the piercing voice cried out again. “You are evil!” The cries escalated, filled with pain and fury.

“Parents, take your kids away,” came the cold order, and the van sped off.

The car from earlier pursued them until both were swallowed by the chaos of traffic and disappeared from sight.

 

To be continued