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Prologue

"Eddie! Wait up!" I called to my twin brother as he started the walk home from the Jewish Lyceum where we attended school.

"Nina! I thought you had detention with Mr. Winkler?" He asked as I caught up to him.

"I'm ditching." I shrugged. "What about Ms. Robinson? Did she decide not to keep you any longer than necessary?"

"I got off the hook. She 'let me off with a warning.'" I giggled as we turned the corner on to our street. "Race you home!"

I shrieked as he took off running, chasing after him. It was times like these that I forgot we were 15 years old, and no longer ten. We reached the doorstep, both out of breath.

"No fair! You got a head start!" I accused. He shrugged as he put his hand on the doorknob. He looked over at me as it slowly creaked open.

"It's unlocked," he said worriedly, his playful demeanor from only seconds before seemingly long gone. I shrugged as he went inside. "Mum? Dad?" I gasped.

Our home was in complete disarray, furniture overturned, drawers on the floor with their contents across the room; not at all the way my parents would like it. They got mad if I so much as forgot to make my bed.

Eddie turned to me, his eyes on fire.

"Nina, go pack your things."
"Eddie, what's happened?"

"I said go pack, Nina."

"And I said what's happened."
"That's not important. Just go pack your things. We don't have a lot of time."

"Don't treat me like a child, Edison!" I demanded. "What happened? Where are we going? Why are we leaving?"

"Mum and Dad have been taken by the Gestapo," he explained, his voice cracking. Tears threatened to spill from my eyes but I blinked them back. "Do you remember what they told us? If we came home and they were gone, we were to pack our things and leave straight away before anyone arrived to take us away, too."

"But I don't want to leave," I whispered, feeling a tear trickle down my cheek. Some older sister I am.

"Listen to me, Nienke," he told me, his voice stern. "Now is not a time for tears. Go pack. Put on as many clothes as you can. Pack your schoolbooks. Don't tell anyone we are leaving. Don't answer the phone, or the door. Do as I say."

"Where are we going to go?" I asked quietly.

"A place called Anubis House."


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