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The Obsidian Circle Chapter One: The Invitation I was eight years old the first time I saw someone disappear. It happened in the library’s basement—a forgotten vault of dusty archives and water-stained floorboards. My mother, a researcher at the university, thought I was upstairs reading. But I’d slipped away, drawn by a flicker of candlelight and a voice humming in a language I didn’t understand. Peering through a crack in the storage door, I saw five figures cloaked in black, standing in a tight circle. Each held a candle, its flame fli...
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The Memory RoomBy Gabriella CooperCHAPTER ONE: THE MANDATE It started with the Mandate. At first, people thought it was a conspiracy. A fringe rumor whispered in online forums and late-night radio shows. But then the letters came—official, government-sealed envelopes delivered to every doorstep. You had to give up a memory. The news channels sugar-coated it. “A humanitarian program,” they called it. “A chance to unburden yourself.” Officials claimed it was a measure to ease psychological distress, to help citizens live happier lives. But the...
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