The following day, Wren and Jae spent hours searching every inch of the city for Atlas. Wren was reliving the nightmare of the first kidnapping all over again. His mind was a jumble of what-ifs. Only after sunset did they return. They hadn't found a trace of Atlas.
When they stepped through the door of Wren's flat, Wren immediately noticed an envelope resting on the coffee table. It hadn't been there before. It was addressed to him.
It was a letter from Atlas.
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Dear Wren,
You are the light of my world. Please, let that light shine on others. I know you will be a brilliant and compassionate doctor. I only wish that I could be there to see it myself.
Please don't be too hard on yourself. If you fall, promise me you will find the strength to rise again. In the end, the only thing we can do is strive to be better than the world that tried to break us.
