Chapter 352

"No way!"

"Something must have happened to her!"

Solaris City.

Dawn had barely broken, but the local police station was already buzzing with activity. At the center of the commotion, a teenage boy faced off angrily against a group of adults.

Archie Fontaine was on the verge of losing it.

Mila had only been on night watch for a short while before she vanished. Judging by the footprints, she'd headed toward the forest. The two young men who'd joined their camp late that night had also disappeared.

Archie wanted to go after them, but the others held him back.

They insisted it was too dangerous to search the forest at night.

Soon, a rescue team arrived, but instead of listening to Archie, they herded everyone to the Solaris City police station for round after round of questioning. Archie demanded help, but the officers only told him those two men were suspected smugglers and the investigation was ongoing. When he pressed about Mila, all they could offer was, "We're looking, we're looking. Please be patient."

How could he possibly be patient?

If something happened to Mila-never mind what his family would do to him-he'd never forgive himself.

someone

by his side

The guilt gnawed at him, pushing him

expect us to wait? You're busy interrogating us instead of finding her or catching those men-do you think we're criminals?" Archie snapped, his frustration boiling over. "If you won't do

on his heel and

"That's enough!"

to stop him, voices

things seemed about to escalate a gentle female voice

"Archie?"

holding him couldn't

But Archie didn't care.

woman standing in the doorway. Grabbing her arm, he spun her around,

sighed. "I'm fine. Are

the station. Even before they took off the blindfold, she'd heard Archie's angry shouting and

finish her question, Archie did something unexpected-he pulled her into a fierce

death," he muttered, his voice thick with relief

touched. After a second, she hugged

wrong?" Archie immediately let go, concern etched on his

back, still smiling, and coughed a few times

could say anything, Mila

ducked his head, suddenly

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