Chapter Twenty-Four: A Mother’s Wrath
The garage shook like a dying beast.
Concrete split.
Steel screamed.
Flames licked through broken vents as smoke rolled downward in choking waves.
And through it all, Jay cried.
High.
Terrified.
Alive.
*****
Cassandra
The sound ripped through her soul.
“JAY!”
She lunged toward the stairwell.
Jason caught her around the waist before she reached the falling debris.
“No!”
“LET GO OF ME!”
She fought with raw, panicked strength. Power sparked around her hands, lights bursting overhead.
“He’s up there!”
“I know!” Jason shouted back. “And if you charge in blind, he loses you too!”
Her eyes filled with tears and fury.
“Then move!”
For one heartbeat, they stared at each other with grief, fear, love, history crashing between them.
Then Jas
