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Chapter 3

The Shadow Files

Sophie stared at Grandpa.

Had he really just said that she was supposed to protect the world against goblins and trolls? “This–this isn’t real,” she stammered.

“It is.” Grandpa looked very serious. “I know it feels impossible to believe, Sophie, but in the woods deep behind this house there is a magic gateway that leads into the Shadow Realm. The person who is Guardian must stop that gate from ever being opened – because if it is ever opened, then the shadow creatures will invade our world.”

Sophie swallowed. Grandpa’s face was so earnest that she almost found herself believing him. “What would happen then?”