Pax couldn't believe his eyes. Everything his uncle had said turned out to be true. It was the first time he had seen his mother in such a wild state her eyes were bloodshot, her face twisted with a sinister expression, like a demon freshly clawing its way out of hell, her

hands smeared with blood. He was scared out of his mind. Completely terrified.

Claire's venomous words, dripping with illogic and arrogance, treating life like it was nothing more than ants underfoot, they all showed him a different side of his monther. It was like she was a stranger. Pax felt like someone had dropped a bomb in his world, bullets flying, shards of his life cutting through flesh and bone. In an instant, his world was left in tatters, completely unrecognizable.

He had no clue how long he'd been on that rooftop. It wasn't until he saw a helicopter coming back that he started to snap out of it. He jumped to his feet.

"Uncle..." he called out, hoping it was Connor returning. Then it hit him-Chloe had jumped into the sea. In that moment, the raging storm inside him turned to ice. Nothing else mattered now. Chloe was all that mattered.

it wasn't Connor who stepped out, but Teddy. Grabbing Teddy's arm, he asked frantically, "Teddy, where's Uncle Connor? Did you find Chloe? She's still alive,

nearly collapsing. Then, out of nowhere, he turned and dashed out, running like a madman. The first person he found was Ruben. Only then did Ruben realize both Chloe and Connor were missing. Diana had also fallen into the sea but had

was the main sponsor and producer of the reality show. For the past few days, Claire's team had completely controlled the live broadcast and decided what the audience saw. He hadn't objected-until now. With lives on the line, he had to take back

making helicopter rescues and speedboats useless. Marian was on the brink of losing it. Even Jeffery in Eldridge City had heard the news. Thousands

fell, and

winds. Palm trees bowed, the sea whipped

creating tiny tornadoes on the

chaos in its

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