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CHAPTER 555
Clicking the intercom off, Thomas turned back to the trio on the bed, facing a mixture of fierce loyalty and newfound hope. “They’re coming, sir. We’re going to make sure everything is exactly as it should be.”Persis kept her hand locked in Tedmond’s, eyes following the quiet mansion as it began to stir with the distant sound of the medical team racing down the hall. The bubble of their private reunion was about to burst, yet for the first time in five days, the noise felt like a welcome sign.“I’m fine, Thomas,” Tedmond insisted, voice a bit stronger, though still pale against the pillows. “You don’t need to scramble the whole city. I just need a moment to catch my breath.”Doubt lingered in Thomas’s gaze. Standing like a sentinel at the foot of the bed, he kept his eyes fixed on the heart rate monitor, as if sheer willpower could keep Tedmond awake. “With all due respect, sir, you have been unresponsive for five days. You will be ‘fine’ when the experts say you are, and not a s
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Persis let out a shaky breath, thumb brushing over his cheekbone, tracing the scar there with a tenderness that made her heart ache.“It’s been weeks, Tedmond. Weeks of silence. Weeks where we didn’t know if you’d ever look at us again.”Tedmond’s eyes widened slightly, hand dropping from her hair to rest against her neck.“Weeks…..” he whispered, the number seemingly impossible. To him, it had felt like a single, endless night of shadows. He glanced at Bianca, still clutching his other hand, her face a map of joy.His gaze softened as it met Persis’s, taking in the exhaustion she couldn’t quite hide.Fingers brushed a stray, damp lock of hair behind her ear.“I’m sorry,” murmured Tedmond, voice thick with emotion. “I didn’t mean to leave you alone for that long. I kept trying to wake up… I could hear your voice, I think. And Bianca’s. It was like a thread I had to follow.”Drawing her back into a gentler, slower embrace, his chin rested atop her head, holding her close.“I’m here no
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Persis nodded, her mind racing through a thousand terrifying possibilities despite the lack of panic in Bianca’s tone.“What is it, Bianca? What happened?” she called out again, not waiting for an answer this time.Sudden, frantic energy took over as Persis stepped out of the tub, ignoring the trail of water left on the marble floor.A lightning-fast rinse under the showerhead washed away the lingering bubbles and the lavender scent.Trembling slightly, she grabbed her thick silk bathrobe and tied the sash tightly around her waist. The bathroom door flew open, steam billowing into the bedroom behind her.Bianca was standing right there, her hands clasped tightly to her chest.When Persis glanced down at her, she saw that Bianca’s eyes were wide, shimmering with an intensity that made Persis’s breath hitch.“Bianca, talk to me. What is happening?” Persis demanded, her hands gripping Bianca’s shoulders.“His hand…” Bianca whispered, her voice trembling. “I was reading, Persis. I was ju
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Thomas paused at the foot of the stairs, his hands folded neatly in front of him.“The medical team has been checking his vitals every hour, Miss Persis. He is stable. His breathing is deep, and the doctors say his neurological responses are the strongest they’ve been since the transfer.”Persis let out a long, shuddering breath she hadn’t realized she was holding.“And is he alone?”“No,” Thomas replied, his expression softening slightly. “Miss Bianca is with him. She hasn’t left his side since she arrived. When I checked in a few moments ago, she was sitting by the bed, reading him a book—something about the history of the coast. She said she wanted him to hear a voice that wasn’t clinical.”Persis nodded slowly, her fingers tracing the intricate carvings of the banister.“Bianca was always the heart of this house. She knows he’s still in there somewhere, even if the doctors are just looking at screens.”“Shall I have a tray sent up to your room, Miss? Or perhaps a bath drawn?”“Jus
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The question from the officer hung in the air like a death sentence.For a split second, the ICU suite was deathly silent.“None of them moved,” the lead officer observed, a sardonic grin tugging at the corner of his mouth. “What’s the matter? I thought Griffin blood was thicker than iron bars.”The panic was instantaneous.Adeline, who had just been crying at her brother’s bedside, scrambled backward so quickly she nearly tripped over a medical cart. Her hands flew up in a gesture of frantic surrender.“No! No, you misunderstood!” she stammered, her voice high and thin. “I’m not—I’m not saying I want to go! I was just… thinking of the medical protocol. I have no intention of interfering with the law!”Tina was even faster to distance herself. She stepped away from the bed, her face a mask of cold, sharp terror.“We were just worried about the liability,” she said, her voice trembling but resolute. “As citizens. We wouldn’t dream of standing in the way of a criminal’s transfer. Isn’t
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The world did not end with a bang.For the Griffin family, it ended with the sound of a heavy steel bolt sliding into place and the rhythmic, hollow thud of shovels hitting wet earth.Otis did not see the sun as they moved him.He was transported in a windowless van, his wrists and ankles linked by a short, heavy chain. The weight forced him to hunch forward, a posture of submission he had never known.The "alienic" gray of his remaining eye was fixed on the floor of the vehicle.He could feel the vibration of the engine through his boots—a constant, numbing reminder. He was being carried further and further away from the world where his name meant "God."When the van finally stopped, the doors swung open to reveal the towering, concrete throat of Blackwood Maximum Security.The air here didn’t smell like the expensive cologne of his father’s study. It didn't smell like the sterile disinfectant of the precinct.It smelled of scorched metal, old sweat, and hopelessness."Step out, 9921
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