Inside the Minton family household, chaos reigned.

"Bro! You have no idea how terrifying today was! Those people were out for our blood! Several folks are missing! You need to talk to Dad and get him to have those people arrested!" Sandy clutched Angelo's arm, her voice shaking with fear. Angelo, groggy and bewildered from being yanked out of sleep in the dead of night, struggled to make sense of Sandy's frantic words. Her disjointed rambling was giving him a headache.

"Brother! You have to promise me! Please, promise me!" Sandy begged, shaking Angelo's arm desperately.

"Stop! Hold on!" Angelo finally interjected, fully awake now thanks to Sandy's persistence. "Who are these people you're talking about?"

For the past half-hour, all Sandy had said was 'they' and 'those people.' He still had no clue who she meant.

"The leader was Vanessa!" Sandy finally blurted out.

"And Vanessa?" Angelo asked.

"...She's dead."

"And the others?"

"I don't know."

the couch, utterly defeated. "Sis, I'm no superhero! If Colby and Odie can't find them, how am I supposed to?" He sighed, realizing his sisterhad unrealistic expectations

if Kiran were still around, he doubted Kiran would know

"If you want to chat, go

got back, and you're already sleepy?" Sandy retorted, still too shaken to sleep. She remembered Odie used to barely

I'll have someone sew your mouth shut!" With that, he

gently. "Sandy, you've had a rough night. Let's talk about it tomorrow, okay? Tomorrow!" He got up from the

Angelo refuse to take

pulled out

dialed their father, Caelum,

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