Aina, on the other hand, was silent. She had been quiet since she realized there could be a connection between the creatures and the person she saw outside the bunker.
For some reason, she couldn’t put her mind through it.
“Aina,” Jackson called softly, snapping her back to her senses. “Are you okay?”
Blinking in surprise, Aina looked at Jackson, the slight shock evident in her eyes.
“H-Huh?” she asked, confused, as if she was lost in her thoughts, still shaken at the fact that Irene’s hunch could be true.
Someone could have been controlling the beasts and weird creatures, and now they were determined to attack them.
Jackson didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he took a step toward her, holding both her shoulders.
“You’re part of this too,” he said, his tone gentle yet firm. “We all
