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 who

stood by his side through

she'd disappeared right under his nose? The guilt gnawed at him, pushing

criminals?" Archie snapped, his

turned on his

"That's enough!"

group of officers scrambled to stop him, voices rising in protest. As

as things seemed about to escalate a gentle female voice cut through the

"Archie?"

people holding him couldn't stop in time and accidentally pinned him

But Archie didn't care.

and rushed to the woman standing in the doorway. Grabbing her arm, he spun

"I'm fine. Are you

army vehicle, delivered straight to the station. Even before they took off

before she could finish her question, Archie did something unexpected-he pulled her

half to death," he muttered, his voice thick

aback, but genuinely touched. After a second, she hugged him

wrong?" Archie immediately let go, concern

coughed a few times before

he could say anything, Mila looked at him seriously and repeated, "Thank

ducked his

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