I was holding Wren in the nursery when I noticed them. Three men in white coats, but they didn't have the badges of the hospital staff
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Chapter 6 / 10
Chapter 6 - THE SAFE HOUSEWe hid in an old hunting cabin in the Poconos, a place my grandfather owned.
"Why Wren?" I asked, pacing the floor. "Why now?"
Mara looked at the baby, who was sleeping peacefully, completely unaware of the monsters outside. "It skipped a generation. My mother didn't have it. I didn't have it. But Wren... Wren is the first to show it since Lila."
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"What is the 'key'?"
"The ability to regenerate cells instantly," she said, her voice cracking. "They want to cut her open and keep her alive forever to siphon her blood. She’s their fountain of youth."
