The drive home was a blur.
By the time Malik pulled through the gates and parked in front of the house, Raina could barely remember the journey. The mountain remained fixed in her thoughts like a splinter lodged beneath her skin. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw the empty grave again—the disturbed earth, the hollow pit, and the awful realization that Felix was not where he was supposed to be.
Nothing about it made sense.
The photographs had been real. Tengu had confirmed that much. The location was real. The burial site was real.
Yet the body was gone.
Every answer she uncovered seemed determined to create three more questions.
Who was X-Reveals?
How did he know where Felix had been buried?
And if Felix was no longer in that grave...
Then where was he?
By the time she reached her bedroom, the silence of the house felt oppressive. She sat on the edge of her bed and stared at her phone for several moments before scrolling through her contacts.
