Chapter 5 Opportunity

Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Opportunity

The first thing that caught her eye was a necklace, which had always hung around the original owner’s neck when she was a child. It was not worth much: a peach wood carving of a Chinese zodiac sign, and hanging from it was a brownish pendant that was somewhere between jade and stone.

It was said that this was what the adoptive parents had found on her neck when they found her. Judging by this setup, she guessed she must not have been a favorite with her birth parents either. The only possible use for it was that her date of birth was engraved on the back of the peach wood plaque; it felt almost as if they knew she would be lost, which was somewhat ironic.

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