Chapter 99: The Partial Shift

ZADE

The sound of Ollie desperately crying for his father hurt me, in a way that I didn't expect as I watched Xenois collapse on the wet ground behind us.

Even through the rearview mirror, I could see the devastation on his face, the way his body was shaking with each howl that seemed to be echoing round for miles.

"DADDY!" Ollie screamed again, his small fists pounding against the window. "DADDY, DON'T LET THEM TAKE ME!"

Lumina was trying to hold him, her own tears rolling down her face as she attempted to comfort him.

"Baby, please," she whispered, her voice breaking, as she...