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So is noticeably off once we’re within the house No Make that everything is off Curry and I look at one another–disappointer apparent on his face Avery and Chansey aren’t here No one is The house is abandoned

"Da anywhere but this place "They haven’t been gone for long I still smell his putrid odor"

It’s obvious we’re in Vincent’s quarters because we’re surrounded by grandeur furnishings "There’s a clue so’s quarters" Curry streaks over to the bed and begins shredding theapart We’ll strip this house roo that will lead us to the wood fro a blank stare

I walk to hiers in front of his face "What is it?"

"She’s safe because she’s channelingápe isn’t channeling me also–not that I would knohat it felt like if she did "I can’t feel Avery doing anything Does that ured out how to control your bond yet It’ll coet the chance to learn more about our bond "I swear he won’t come out of this alive I won’t stop until he’s dead"

"You can’t fixate on him if you want to reach her," he says "Close your eyes Try to revisit that place where only you and Avery reside when your bond is at its strongest Remember the feel of your connection and feed it with your love "

I do as Curry instructs and I get nothing Not a single thing And I feel like an epic fail for ápe

"Keep yourself receptive Think of her while ork to tear this place apart I’ her on how to do it and if she’s anything like Chansey, she won’t stop until she’s able to connect with you"

I return to ripping up the floor "There’s no way I’d be thinking of anything but her"

We work for hours tearing the house apart, leaving nothing unturned The once grand home now resembles a demolition site and it’s a shame It was so beautiful "We’ve shredded every piece of furniture, every floor, every wall covering I know there’s a clue here soht"

I’ in the roo her is in the mantle"

I spin around at the startle of her voice and she’s standing across the rooods you escaped from Vincent Where is Chansey?"

Curry comes into the parlor where Avery and I are "Who are you talking to?"

Is he blind? She’s standing right there in plain sight "Avery" I get up to go to her and she disappears I reach out and pass o?"

I turn to look at Curry for help with an explanation "You saw Avery’s fylgia It’s weird, right?"

Weird doesn’t begin to cover it "Yeah It was bizarre And disappointing I thought she had safely escaped and was here"

"I’ Avery had a twin that died at birth?" he asks

I have no idea It’s in this ápe "I don’t know We never discussed it"

"You will There’ll be plenty of ti about her" He’s nonchalant as he digs through the piles of plaster and wood tossed around the rooia say?"

"She toldAvery is in the mantle" I walk over to the only intact piece still in the roo it "Look" I point to an inconsistency in the design of the painted wood

Curry leaves the heap of debris he’s ciphering through for a better look at the ork around the fireplace "This is an old house What do you want to bet there’s a trip for a hidden compartment? Those were pretty common in houses like this I incorporated one into the oula"

I peck on thesee"

I slideuntil I feel a slight give I push upward as I pull and a narroer no wider than two inches slides out I look at Curry as I remove it from the mantle and then I turn it upside down over my palm