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And for the first time in longer than he could remember, Eli believed her. He never found out who sent the Wintercroft collection. No return address, no note, no receipt. Just seven envelopes and a Tuesday rainstorm. Sometimes he imagined it was his mother, who’d died three years ago and always knew he was hiding. Sometimes he imagined it was himself, from some future where he’d learned to stop running. Sometimes he imagined it was no one—just the universe, dropping a strange gift on his doorstep because that’s what the universe does, sometimes, when you least expect it.

But the Lion was different. The pieces were larger, heavier, the cardstock a deep ochre with black fold lines that looked like old scars. Eli assembled it over two nights, his hands shaking slightly. The mane was a marvel of origami—layer after layer of jagged triangles that caught the lamplight like flames. Wintercroft mask collection

“See what?” Eli asked, his voice muffled behind the mask. And for the first time in longer than

No instructions. No note.