Alchemy of Secrets

by Stephanie Garber

“The Bank claims their goal is to maintain order and keep people safe, but what they really want is to control, manipulate, and possess all the power in the world. That’s why they want the Alchemical Heart, and if you go in there tomorrow, I promise you that before you leave, they’ll take whatever is in that box, and then they’ll take your memories. Not just of this conversation—they’ll erase everything you learned from your precious Professor, everything you learned about your sister tonight, they—” Gabe’s eyes were on hers, and for a second Holland imagined he was going to say they’d take every memory of him as well, but what he said next was far worse. “Just to be safe, they might even take the last several years of your life. You’ll become one of those people who end up in Griffith Park with no memory of how they got there or who they are.”