Chapter 13 - At Sixteen, Lena Discovered the Final Message Her Father Had Hidden in the Locket, and It Changed the Meaning of Every Year She Had Spent With MeThe final message was tiny.

Micro-engraved.
Three words.
Choose your life.
Lena understood.
Her father hadn't wanted her to inherit power.
He wanted her to escape it.
She chose college.
Veterinary medicine.
Animal rescue.
Bear's Place became a national organization.
The little girl who once slept beside a dumpster built homes for abandoned animals and homeless children.
That was her legacy.
May you like
Not blood.
Choice.
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