Bang! The tank collided with the jeep with such force that it was sent flying several yards away.

It flipped over in the air before landing in a heap of rubble on the ground. The remains of the jeep exploded in a ball of fire and dense, black smoke engulfing the street.

The impact caused the alarms of the parked cars along the street to erupt in shrill sirens.

All of a sudden, the street descended into chaos and noise.

“Mommy!” the children screamed tearfully. They attempted to run over to her where the jeep exploded but were restrained by the bodyguards.

Henry gaped in shock. He sat motionless in his wheelchair.

stood frozen in

Nacht—” a bodyguard said as he tried to restrain him but

Zachary shouted

the rest of

the flames had kept her hidden from sight. I must

to his burning clothes or even his scorched arms. All that

they wriggled free of the bodyguards’ grasp. Together with their father, they ran

shook with fear at the thought of losing their

to the monstrous blaze, nor

to

accident—the burning car, the gut-wrenching screams, and

children before him

of loved ones would scar and traumatize one for

to be rid of the obstacle that was Charlotte—even going as far as

broke as he witnessed the grief of his

that he had given them his blessing earlier on. If he had, this might not even

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