We spend a few more hours in the library, researching and looking for any evidence that a woman who could have been my mom went missing during the takeover. We find nothing. The only woman who looks anything like my mother was definitely found dead—and in quite a few pieces—by the Bloodfangs.

The good news is we still have plenty of research options left. The couple of hours we were able to spend here didn’t come close to exhausting all of the places we need to check. ...