THIRD PERSON'S POV

With Aria's roar, the world came back into focus. The power that held them in limbo snapped. It had never happened to Hamilton before. This was the first time someone was snapping power from his hand.

Everyone came to their senses, and they began to fight each other. They weren't aware that they had been frozen in time. Hamilton was disoriented. Beside them, Lucas stopped to stare. Everyone had carried on stabbing themselves, but he was stuck on the face-off between Aria and her grandfather.

Aria glared up at him with all the anger her little body could muster. "You stole my childhood from me."

"Because you...