SOPHIA'S POV

The sudden quiet in the control room was almost too loud to bear.

The huge, scary roar of the floodgates had stopped completely. The loud sirens cut out, and all that was left was the soft drip... drip... drip of rain leaking through the concrete roof. My ears rang in the silence, and for a moment I could hear nothing but my own heart.

On the screen of the control desk, the water marks in the lower drain tank began to go down, sinking safely away from the hidden shelter where Jaydon was.

Jaydon was safe.

The words hit me slowly, as if I had to learn them...