Minutes later, Orion emerged again, this time carrying what looked like a child’s toy—a small wooden horse missing its tail. Bile rose in Eliza’s throat. A creeping dread told her these items weren’t just lost trinkets; they were echoes of a family’s past—maybe from a frightened child.
When Eliza returned to the museum with the toy, Dr. Ellis found a nearly invisible date scratched into the underside: 1940. “Someone definitely stashed these items away,” the curator mused. “Or perhaps a child hid them during an air-raid scare.”