The scent of damp earth and decaying leaves clung to June's work boots as she navigated the narrow, overgrown path leading to the camp's auxiliary storage shed. It wasn't the archives, not yet, but a catch-all for forgotten items, a place she suspected held more than just rusty tools and deflated kickballs. Elias’s vague confession about his family’s financial desperation, coupled with the mysterious

Chapter 47: Echoes in the Ledger