Rain pelted against the glass of The Vintage Vault, but inside, the air was thick with the heavy scent of old leather, vintage wool, and decades of dust. Megan didn’t mind the clutter, she loved the quiet hunt. What she hadn’t anticipated, stepping out of her damp navy canvas Toms to try on a simple pair of red ballet flats, was how quickly a quiet afternoon browse would spin completely out of control.
The heavy metal door of the copy room swung shut behind Megan with a dull, hydraulic thud, cutting off the vast, empty expanse of the third-floor office. Inside, the air smelled sharply of warm paper, hot metal, and the bitter, metallic tang of leftover ink powder.
Megan leaned forward over the massive, industrial-grade copier. Her dark brown hair, pinned up loosely with soft tendrils framing her face, fell slightly forward as she aligned the first of her six claims documents against the glass platen. She smoothed the paper down with her fingertips, her dark mini-skirt riding up slightly as she bent over the control panel. She could feel the delicate weave of her black pound-shop tights, thin and taut against her legs, keeping out the slight chill of the room.
The steady, glowing green light from the copy machine’s display screen illuminated her face in the quiet space. Outside the doorway, the lingering hum of the building seemed to fade into nothingness, leaving her entirely alone among the stacks of archive boxes and heavy paper shelves.
She pressed the large green button.
Clack-whirrrr.
A bright beam of white light swept slowly beneath the glass, casting long, sharp shadows across the room. Megan kept her palms resting on the edge of the machine, watching the mechanical scanner move, completely unaware of the heavy footsteps quietly approaching the doorway behind her…
Megan knows that every choice leaves a trace, and every step tells a story. To the untrained eye, she is just another striking presence in the crowd. But for those who know how to look closer, from the poise of her stance to the subtle elegance of her gait, there is an intricate web of mystery waiting to be unraveled. This is just the beginning of her journey. Megan’s full story is coming soon. Stay tuned for the official Amazon pre-order link right here to find out what she’s hiding.
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