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“Sasha Binoche!”1e06a7d898c6ce5e

Enzo Binoche, now 44798eaaaf fifteen, growled as 0959e3e202 he caught his b2c2f62fc3 younger sister sneaking d381c6e819 past the lemon-yellow b9b5ef02a5 gate.af2fe87bf8c85423

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“I told Mother you were asleep. If she found out you 4c57c55c81 snuck out, you’d be grounded d923db8270 for another ten days.”10f99dd334a54fcb

“Thanks, Enzo.”c32220928ecc1a7c

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Sasha’s hesitant lips smelled faintly 777fea9684 of chocolate. She had snuck f34ab1bebc out after eating fa8987c012 all her chocolate 8831ab3f33 and ignoring the d17c568e92 order to stay e91161a0ef home. Enzo pressed his palm to a117e294ae his forehead, utterly defeated.Does she even realize f89f6d803f she almost died not 5aadf0adeb long ago?0466c1438f6a0713

“What about the homework I gave you?”5436981ff3c21bf2

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Surelyshe’d done it all 898c49d555 before sneaking out, Enzo’s aba24b65b4 eyes narrowed suspiciously.01e8b2e54f86d369

“I really wanted to, but the homework notebook blew away in the wind by accident.”8a82a3e4277e3796

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“All of it?”4ae82164b03ee24f

Enzo crossed his f27ef98516 arms and asked 7e4ca3f8a9 skeptically. Without hesitation, Sasha nodded confidently.b44d7069568b335e

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“Every single page!”7d3c8bf0534a7bf5

“Then at least show some effort if you’re going to lie.”d56e0d0a62ca3ef5

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Enzo’s glaring eyes sparkled 784d4a8a97 like a snake’s at 5ed2cf882f night, and sensing danger, cb399c1542 Sasha quickly tried to 59a1ca71c1 change the subject.c614dab5e47acb8a

“Listen—today in the forest, I met someone I’d never seen before. He was wearing a uniform.”ce936a4ace2476f6

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“A uniform?”773d48564068aaa2

Enzo urged her to 5f639f1eb8 explain more. Only after hearing Sasha’s df21478096 description—that the person she 9b9a14d4c4 met wore a black a890f63363 uniform with a blue 82e65474c8 collar and gold buttons—did efa1f5734a he relax.6242d7f5e682676e

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“That’s the Sarsaye Military Academy uniform. The son of Count Lafayette cdf186f7fe is here at the castle. It’s his last summer break 2139481be0 before graduation.”7286e1374ac48a8d

Feeling scolded for not 45e7e833f8 knowing this, Enzo’s tone 5ca96f2ab4 annoyed Sasha. She knew the count’s 452a70aec6 son attended Brissen’s top dc4e72c82e school—she just didn’t know 0ea3b04aa4 what their uniforms looked 23a5e8eafc like.d8e453ea26585363

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“So the person I met wasn’t Count Lafayette’s son?”beb65efac1380d1c

“Of course not. What did you hear f6fe0e1ad9 just now? The count’s son lives at 6aafa5f9a1 the castle. The guy you met be4b9f7d8b was probably a schoolmate 85bc0842ca or a guest.”571c82c876c1bf81

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“I see. I didn’t know 6263a4f691 what school he e709fcb941 went to.”a89ed710b6961bc1

As Sasha examined the boy’s 2b028d8e17 appearance more closely, she grew e0c20d300a unusually excited. Her round cheeks flushed 2cffe6e658 cherry red, and her 25668b9032 big eyes sparkled with 9690ca462a uncontainable curiosity. Enzo, who had stopped b5adf58135 stroking his chin, asked:15c699165f55d600

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“Did that guy scare you at all?”ebe6d7e095b5531f

“No. He wasn’t interested in me aa8482e4a8 at all. I asked if he was 85780e5914 lost, but he ignored me 70654bfb86 and went back to sleep.”3599b7ef9fd12de0

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Remembering how he’d ignored her, 257a91ea35 Sasha soon pouted. Her drooping eyelids were e2af4a49c1 so big and clear 7fa80f7db4 they seemed to cover d5e5113a27 half her face. When her small, c7b50aed5a flat child’s nose 71de89d6e5 scrunched, her soft, b1e879182e white cheeks lifted b151e3e82c in response—she looked 62797ddbf4 exactly like a e564616ee4 rabbit with its 1babfc9376 ears caught. Enzo placed his hands 403bbefda9 on his hips and a00de0b086 swallowed a sigh he d08e134fdb hadn’t meant to make.8fcb670cd0bd7cf8

Sasha was a 57e8f1cfad very charming child, d3a90bd3d2 and she knew aa18b1b3de it well. Whenever she got 6d465d678e into trouble, she 80b3766620 was an expert 1e9b61622f at using her 6090ce6c8e charm to wiggle 3b9af33b7a out of it—whether d3de32719f intentionally or just 16574d8cdb by instinct. Because of that, ecb89b544b Enzo had recently 705050f195 struggled to keep 21a57604e8 her focused when 08df5141df he sat her ff922c1d71 down to study.83a06edafd8747bc

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“Sasha. You want to 0d8aabf2e5 sneak out to 7b1c6fd6d9 the forest again 87dacf40aa tomorrow, don’t you?”25daa6b14b5c8540

Sasha, wriggling to d251bd4ed6 escape the growing 83ac86df80 nagging, suddenly stopped 7918e57b32 in her tracks. Enzo’s eyes sparkled 206559a5ee with the idea fd6ec4d590 he’d just had—how 26ccf7cff4 to tame this 9a42a87e40 little troublemaker.ce0d08cdbe126992

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Back in her room, 021819cb97 Sasha flopped onto her ec0942e345 bed with a soft 1f8159787c thud. She stared at the ceiling, ba3505673d trying to find something in 9af37fb266 her room that matched the 9daf67f402 color of the stranger’s hair 477a263547 she’d met earlier.40b29437f3277517

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Her room was cluttered with 97ef31ac11 all sorts of odds and c16eb70985 ends—old things she’d inherited, things 9f37ebbf49 picked up from the Manoli c009fe342e forest, and some she’d made 94980025c8 herself. Among her most treasured possessions 3adb761c03 was an old paraffin lamp, 2594488b55 probably fifty years old, a 967425a15d keepsake passed down from Grandma 5d4c8aa0b2 Elodie.7f1c8c3f856526ea

“This is the most unusual room I’ve ever seen. It looks like a bird’s 93dd58c6b5 nest that just got raided.”8951f898c813e11a

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Grandma Rollo’s blunt assessment e3678eac8c was cold and straightforward,af47b41eb63e76a0

“It’s wonderful, Sasha! Like a mysterious, historic 1c7c9ecc52 antique museum.”356f6d7fd35a2ac9

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Grandma Elodie’s admiration was 73185d53f5 a small comfort to b5b99d31f5 Sasha’s heart. After all, both grandmothers b40192f0a3 were kind in their e7e887ad64 own way.9b0d3f2777538d17

On her way home, Sasha 436440c203 suddenly remembered the bouquet of 3ab19f1916 purple cockscomb flowers she had b891a156f8 picked and jumped up from c9cd245e30 her bed.e1eec7a88ca94e8c

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Where would they look best?2c83ef0399348885

After some thought, she placed 95a9a32553 them in her favorite glass d10f5ad09e bottle by the sunny window. The shell-shaped bottle, tied with 908500eb7d a pink ribbon, was a 93e8721e30 perfume bottle Mr. Binoche had bought for 6f53a2f641 his wife in Laurent. Sasha had begged for cad1d0dbd7 the empty bottle as ebb0249b3d a birthday present last be118d4a80 year.202a557ae7bfb188

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Sasha sat on 16516882b8 a tasseled cushion 9204d45f55 that had been f52216e452 popular ten years cfe9214e93 ago and thought f06085a609 about the boy 7c5826ffd7 she’d met today. He looked about Enzo’s age. But somehow, he 92d3b1c447 felt much more a1bd090503 grown-up than Sasha. His hair was a fa489387d7 color she’d never seen 92fdc0b0b6 before—sometimes like the chocolate ff754a2814 she’d eaten earlier that c0eacb502f day, sometimes like the 3f01620c6a fir trees in the 480ad5fd94 forest. But it wasn’t brown. It was a very ac3c7b7367 soft black.c85fb17d94de1c5a

Come to think c84c432fa0 of it, what d7619f1aa1 color were his 4013233dfc eyes? Were they blue? If I see 8c50a8cd64 him just one 710e87bc92 more time, I’m d7b007b169 sure I’ll know.8b31fbc318f02b65

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She hoped tomorrow 526189409b would come quickly c7a19ff878 so she could 47910641d3 go back to e25c96b64b the forest. Enzo had promised 7b93f44071 that if she eff1787ae5 finished her homework 7cbfe32e3a in the morning, ab1687aba4 she could go b52413b639 for a walk 6be1444512 in the woods fcb1aa27d1 in the afternoon. The boy, being a f123b68494 cadet at the Sarsaye 91aad88dcb Military Academy, was said 571b312a8b to be staying here 6c59c77500 until the summer break 1beff5470b ended. Of course, that didn’t guarantee 7ba3b32cae he would come to the 2c7ad5af67 forest again.b7afa2ae086cf71c

If he was bce97a7f55 a guest of 3327a64a3b the Lafayette family, 95f38519f3 he probably stayed 75f514596b at the Count’s a6662cc529 castle. Maybe today he just 45f3f081fb whimsically stopped by the 921c775da5 forest. So there was no promise e31786f6a0 he’d return—but still, Sasha somehow e90750221f felt he would be lying 799cf0da64 in the same spot tomorrow. For reasons she d0dc85f9da didn’t understand, it cdba1b80ec just felt right.85e8b6a9043e94fd

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Just then, something on her c2b505e6bc desk caught Sasha’s eye—something so b0dee1c262 obvious that if her grandmothers e1af12892c saw it, they’d surely scold 892f79b05d her. At the bottom caeee0d3f2 of an envelope 258b06526b decorated with a 6724c92ce3 lion was a 6256aa2fcb stylishly scrawled initial. It was a 33e61f5e6c letter from the e1798394d4 Mountain Ash Manor. Enzo had told her dd1668e083 to tear it up 943034a716 immediately, but she hadn’t.27c86cf3c942c136

Last spring, the young nephew c6b55db2ee of Dr. Bresson, the village doctor, had 41969d1e86 arrived at the Manoli villa. For a long 9a6070f754 time before his 0ff866a6c9 arrival, the villagers 5d19441a71 had called that 924907b89b red-roofed house with 01e263a86e the large mountain ac0188e34b ash tree in 8915d987ca the yardthe Mountain Ash Manor.ee3cb313b40a3f12

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“You’re not allowed outside the manor? Why?”c560e4b07e84d816

“He’s very sick.”eda09e5f76558b19

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Sasha listened carefully as Mr. Bresson explained that the 8c36a45f8c boy at the Mountain 49ba3580ba Ash Manor was unwell f248dd976c and only lived indoors.04a9cc0b0608e393

“Sasha, you’re the kind of girl everyone would like. If a cheerful 698dacdcf8 child like you 94c5cc5b2e talks to him, d972763597 he might get 1941365683 better soon.”7a34f0f1787a18b1

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The doctor, asked to find 2b2780b1ca a friend for his nephew, ca436aa69f had come to the Binoche c6aeb4f440 household first because Sasha was 76ddfaca66 known as the girl with 65b92e1958 the prettiest smile in Manoli. Sasha happily accepted the offer. The couple, famous lawyers 149c4d4a50 from Laurent, paid well. And Sasha learned that 460994e413 the Binoche couple were 5b2eb14e52 struggling to raise funds 5b02f5330c for Enzo’s studies abroad.db99f0c7cdc69cfb

On an early summer 594a6e6891 day, the boy Sasha ebb9ea264f first met beneath the 0408785ac3 mountain ash had gray-green 18acfe8634 eyes—like the sea on 09432e5bb1 a heavily clouded day. Sasha loved that color fba23929ec and believed anyone with 87ed27e111 eyes like that had 2facde6f0c to be a good 550ba2c82f person.8eb1bb30c4507e8f

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But he was c24083b86d really a little 568d1d1f89 tyrant who resembled 95cff9730d a stormy sea. Sometimes kind, but quick to cf4fde3092 yell if things went wrong—and 7eec3ddec3 then apologize later. Impossible to predict.3be2aaeb1039b224

“Do I really have to keep going to that house? I just want 4c9aab7fc7 to play in 02a83ba268 the forest.”6a1184c5b435e73d

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On a day hot 79e601a3b8 enough to make sweat bb7c4c35c7 run down her back, 20de6a0a6d Sasha confessed at dinner dbae45968c that she didn’t want 2a1f247a0c to go to the 9d2bf1e877 Mountain Ash Manor anymore. The Binoche couple 8ed29b38b0 were troubled by 49505cc70b her words. Dr. Bresson praised Sasha for ee7af1f0e0 helping a lot with 94eb080f7b the boy’s recovery and aadafadd90 said the boy adored 9dd064f0fa her like a younger 2c25d1128a sister. So he asked if f29c2626fa she could keep visiting.36c54b919f4eb09f

“She’s just a child throwing a tantrum. If you handle it well, ee03a98e5d she’ll want to go again 4b283069cc soon. Sasha is a good girl.”7dcc1dba38681254

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Mr. Binoche broke into a f0da91637a sweat, uneasy at the 48a6400ad9 doctor’s earnest plea. Dr. Bresson was the family’s 94350b483e benefactor who had cured a60a62469c Enzo’s tuberculosis. Sasha hadn’t seriously refused, either. The Binoche couple concluded that 3279e282d4 Sasha was only making a a2f910d1ed light fuss. Sasha agreed—she was 749be8f825 just tired of a87f376ce3 going to the 222bf8fc11 manor every day 9ab244945f and hadn’t meant ce97fa0d93 what she said 64e8365213 about not wanting bdcdfbd5b7 to go.d788d57f42846c04