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With my chest pounding, my hand reaches out to turn the knob in front of me. Just now she called me Gabriella, not Caroline. I pushed open one of the library's heavy double doors, only halfway to fit my body inside.

When I entered this room it looked darker than that night. Even though it was still early evening ... The four large windows in the room were covered with thick dark blue velvet curtains. The fireplace in the corner of the room lit up and made a faint sound. Apart from that, no other sounds caught my ears.

I looked around for Vincent, but I couldn't find him. There was only Daniel Balthazar who was sitting on the sofa bed that I used to live on. A thick book was open in her lap, but her hazel eyes were fixed on me.

I was still standing hesitantly in front of the door I just closed. There was no expression that I could read from Balthazar's face at this time, and he just looked at me without saying a word. Over time, his views made me feel uncomfortable with myself.

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