Chapter 41

Stella started digging around for any info she could find about the black market. Truthfully, she didn't know much to begin with. After all, it was an underground network shrouded in secrecy. She trawled through forums online and found that repeat visitors often dropped coded messages here and there. After some serious effort, she finally got a general idea of where the black market was and how to get in. Time was running out, and she was itching to head there immediately. While doing her research, she also came across whispers of some "unspoken rules" that governed the black market. Apparently, if you wanted valuable information, you had to be ready to trade something just as valuable. Problem was, Stella didn't have anything worth offering. Whatever they were expecting, she had nothing. Still, she had to go. This might be her one shot at uncovering the truth about her family. ... Black Market. Wearing a black mask, Stella made her way to the entrance. Masks were mandatory here—meant