Gemotions

The room seemed to shrink around him as he devoured the images. Michael had always been fascinated by his distant relatives, especially his eccentric great-aunt, whose wild tales were always dismissed as flights of fancy. The old photos, however, painted a different picture. They confirmed her stories of secret societies, world travel, and forbidden romances. He leaned back, a whoop of laughter escaping his lips. Everything he thought he knew about his family was being rewritten before his very eyes. A current of pure excitement coursed through him.