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."

collapsed onto 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

doubted Kiran would

Odie emerged from his bedroom, his face stern. "If you want to chat, go

already sleepy?" Sandy retorted, still too shaken to sleep. She remembered Odie used to barely sleep

own business," Odie shot back. "If you don't shut up, I'll have someone sew

gently. "Sandy, you've had a rough night. Let's talk

refuse to take

out her phone

dialed their father, Caelum,

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