The beads scattered across the floor.
Just like their shattered past.
She walked into the security checkpoint without looking back, shutting out the broken apologies that came one after another.
Behind her, a heart-wrenching roar exploded like a dying beast.
It was Griffin. The one from seven years in the future.
Sienna did not turn around.
Her mother held her tight. Her father shielded her with his broad back.
Step by step, they walked toward a future without him.
That roar was like a thunderclap. It split open the future Griffin's mind.
Memories from two timelines crashed violently inside his head.
Seven years ago, at the car crash site, he had shielded her with his own body. In his hazy consciousness, only one thought remained: Sienna must not die.
Seven years later, in a col
