She vanished ten years ago… and now she’s trapped in a centuries-old painting.
For ten years, Junnay has lived with a question no one could answer. What really happened to her sister, who disappeared without leaving a single trace?
No body. No explanation. No closure.
Then, on an otherwise ordinary day, everything changes in a way she never imagined.
While watching television, Junnay discovers a live ceremony celebrating the return of a famous painting. The centuries-old European masterpiece has been brought from France to a national museum in America.
Cameras flash as officials celebrate the painting’s return after many years abroad. Historians speak about its mysterious past while guests admire the artwork before them.
But Junnay sees something no historian could possibly explain.
The woman in the painting is her missing sister.
The same face. The same eyes. The same familiar features.
Her sister, who vanished ten years ago, is staring back at her from the screen. Yet the painting was created centuries before either of them was even born.
Impossible.
Unless everything Junnay believes about her sister’s disappearance is wrong.
Determined to uncover the truth, Junnay begins following clues hidden within the painting’s history. Her search takes her from the streets of Chicago to the heart of Paris.
Along the way, she meets mysterious strangers whose true intentions are difficult to understand. Some appear willing to help, while others will do anything to protect old secrets.
Everyone seems to know something. No one seems willing to reveal everything.
And then there is the red butterfly.
Battered. Fragile. Mysterious.
Again and again, it appears along Junnay’s path, often when she least expects it. Its damaged wings carry a strange beauty, as though it has survived something terrible.
Could this little butterfly hold a clue to her sister’s disappearance?
Or is it leading Junnay toward a secret someone would kill to protect?
With every discovery, the mystery grows deeper, and the danger becomes harder to escape. The past begins to feel strangely connected to the present in ways she cannot explain.
Junnay soon realizes that some secrets have remained hidden for hundreds of years. Those who protect them may be closer than she thinks, watching her every move.
The deeper she searches, the more frightening the questions become.
She began her journey hoping to discover what happened to her missing sister. But the answers may challenge everything she believes about time, identity, and truth.
What if her sister never simply disappeared?
What if the painting is not just evidence of the mystery?
What if the painting is part of it?
Junnay refuses to turn away, even as the truth threatens everything she knows. She has waited ten years for answers, and she will not stop searching now.
Whatever it takes.
Whatever it costs.
Because some paintings are priceless.
This one may cost her life.
Flying Butterfly — Papillon Volant
A mystery buried for centuries.
A sister missing for ten years.
A painting that should not exist.
And a red butterfly that may know the way home.
A psychological thriller by David Fowopé.
Coming October 27th, 2026.
