Chapter 572

Chapter 572

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The three entered the room. Only the cold, mechanical beeping of the monitors broke the silence in the

room.

After all, Quincey had known Zinnia for over a decade. He’d watched Zinnia grow up. No matter how hard- hearted he tried to be, Quincey could never bring himself to harm her, especially in her current vulnerable

state.

All the medical equipment here was identical to what she had in the hospital. But now, the girl who should have been lying in that hospital bed was gone.

“No way. I left Zinnia right here in this room,” Quincey blurted out. He stared blankly at the empty room, frozen in shock.

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“She’s not here at all. She was already gone when I came in. Where the hell did you stash her? Don’t you her condition is critical? She could collapse at any moment. You’re going to get her killed,” Yannis snapped.

He seized Quincey by the collar, a dark, menacing aura emanating from him.

‘She’s already so weak. How could she possibly endure being put through this again and again?’ Yannis thought.

Now that she was missing, her whereabouts and condition unknown, Yannis was frantic, on the verge of losing his mind.

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Zinnia was gone, completely vanished without a trace.

Yannis ordered his men to comb through every inch of the island, but Zinnia was nowhere to be found.

Yannis pulled every string he could, mobilizing all possible resources in a desperate, all-out search, but there was still no sign of her.

Wave after wave of search parties combed the waters around the island, but all efforts were in vain.

They scoured the maritime surveillance footage repeatedly, yet found no trace of Zinnia.

Zinnia was nowhere to be found. She had simply vanished into thin air. After all she had endured, Zinnia’s chances of survival were next to zero.

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at Yannis’ gaunt frame. His hollow cheeks were pale and sharply defined, a cold severity etched into his brow, and his eyes were webbed with angry red veins. His hand

the waters with the rescue team again and again.

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out from relentless

full month, a month in which Yannis

every inch of these waters and land.” Devin approached

sea wind lashed at his cheeks, leaving them pale and peeling. His gaze was utterly

the bright side. Since we haven’t found Zinnia’s body, there’s

chance she’s alive.”

need to find Zinnia.” Nathan’s voice came out as a

the others turned

stumbled out of the tent behind him. His frame was hollow and skeletal, his brow etched

arm from behind. “Nathan, stop. You can’t

filled with desolation. His already weakened condition deteriorated further under the grueling strain, leaving him

Nathan collapsed from exhaustion, only to wake

missing. How can I stop looking now?” Nathan’s voice came out hoarse and ragged, every

but Zinnia was still nowhere to be

the sea, surrounded on all sides by water. Its desolate shores were rarely touched by human presence. No one knew how Zinnia had

Quincey left the room and waited outside for Nathan and the others. But Zinnia had simply vanished

every inch of the island and the surrounding waters without finding a single trace of

still in a coma. She couldn’t possibly have left on

“Zinnia fought tooth and nail to save your life. If you keep destroying yourself like this, how could you ever look her in

to harm. Giselle and Yvette had cried themselves

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Maisie had cried so much that her

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he nearly had a heart attack, and now both he and

also mobilized all available forces in

Her disappearance tore through their

far too weak. With just one tug from Jackson, he staggered and collapsed to his knees on

sank weakly into the sand, his tattered, filthy clothes hanging

to toe, his exposed skin was a patchwork of wounds, old scabs torn open,

a whole month, as wave after wave of search parties came and went, every trace of their former grace and dignity

one grieving. If you keep tearing yourself apart like this, you’ll end up

die, how could you ever face

be dead, and all of Zinnia’s efforts to save him would be

they scoured every corner of the sea, yet found

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