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#Chapter 103: Answers Are Near

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Lucas POV

The uneasy feeling in my gut wouldn't subside as we drove back from the hospital. Something just didn't add up about Shana's condition.

Anemia?

It just seemed too convenient, too easy an explanation for her sudden bouts of dizziness.

The fact that she had been hiding this from me also made me upset. I had no idea why she'd felt like she needed to keep it a secret.

I feel like an awful friend for not noticing anything sooner, or neglecting to conduct any research on what could be wrong with her.

I couldn't help but recall the moments that had me questioning Shana's condition.

When Jessica had locked her in the training room, her eyes had glowed an unnatural color. I'd brushed it off then as an adrenaline-fueled hallucination, but it had been too vivid to forget.

Even the hospital couldn't identify what the cause was... and then it was just forgotten.

And then, more recently, when she defended herself against her intoxicated father, her eyes shimmered with that strange, otherw
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