Chapter 99
The morning sun streamed through the window, casting a warm glow on the sleeping face of a white-haired girl. Laura stirred gently, a peaceful look etched across her face. She opened her eyes and called softly, "Xin?"
No answer.
Sitting up, she turned to the bed beside her—empty. Her younger sister was gone.
A flicker of confusion crossed her face. She checked the adjacent rooms one by one, calling out names, searching. Nothing. No sign of Xin, no sign of anyone. Each room echoed with silence.
"They couldn't have forgotten me… right?" she muttered, forcing a shaky smile to hide the rising dread in her chest. But doubt gnawed at her. With growing urgency, she rushed to the ground floor, to the hotel bar, to the lounge—every place they had been together. And yet... still no one.
Her worst fear whispered a cruel truth:
They had left her behind.
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