After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 179

My hand trembled as I put down my fork. My entire body went cold.

Before I could react, my phone huzzed on the table. I snatched it up, Leo's name flashing on the screen.

"Did you see the news?" Leo's voice was urgent, almost strained. "The car they were in-it was involved in the accident. I don't know if they're alive or dead."

My stomach twisted into knots. The idea that Ceccily and Derrick might have been caught up in something like this was unthinkable, no matter how frustrating they were. couldn't ignore the suspicion creeping into Leo's voice.

"I don't think this was just an accident," he continued. "There's something more going on."

"I agree," I replied, my voice steadier than I felt. "But we need to be cautious. I'll organize a professional search and rescue team to help. This is serious.

I need to be there."

"You don't need to-"

"I'm the Luna. I can't sit here and do nothing." My tone left no room for argument. "Arrange for someone to pick me up. I'll meet you at the site."

Leo paused for a moment on the other end of the line, then relented. "Fine. I'll send a car. Be ready."

An hour later, Leo's car pulled up outside.

I stepped out into the chilly night and climbed into the back seat, the driver nodding politely before accelerating toward the accident site.

The drive was long and tense, the darkness outside the windows reflecting the heaviness in the air.

three hours, we

even worse In

lazily into the sky, the scent of burnt metal and gasoline thick in the

personnel were everywhere, coordinating

illuminated the wreckage, casting long, eerie

there, pacing near the perimeter of the

he saw me, he approached quickly, his eyes

hand, his grip firm but

said quietly, glancing over at the

the pit in my

night breeze tugged at my clothes, and I shivered despite

Leo slipped off his jacket and

fabric clinging to his well-defined chest and arms,

protested, reaching to hand it back to him. "You'll

mine, keeping the jacket in place. "I'm fine. You need it

almost tender, and the look

relented, pulling the

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more families arrived, their faces drawn tight with

sobbed quietly, dutching each other for

wreckage, their expressions hollow with

for them, even as I fought to keep my own emotions in