# She Was Buried Beneath the Snow. He Was Buried Beneath the Truth.

suspicious of the applause.

Promise attempted to eat the mayor’s glove.

Afterward, Daniel handed me an envelope.

“What is this?” I asked.

“Something Dr. Brooks found.”

The envelope contained a small metal object.

It was the broken link from Mercy’s chain.

I turned it beneath the light.

One side had been bent outward.

The other bore shallow marks made by my continue reading …