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Chapter 76: The Second To Arrive

作者: jk_Francis
last update 公開日: 2026-03-11 20:11:40

CHAPTER 76 — THE SECOND TO ARRIVE

POV: Aidan

The sky opens again.

Not violently like last night. No lightning tearing the clouds apart, no beams stabbing down toward the city.

This time the clouds simply… move.

Slowly.

Deliberately.

Like something enormous is passing through them.

I stand near the hotel window beside Ezra, my phone still glowing in my hand with the last message.

WE ARE THE SECOND TO ARRIVE.

Matteo walks up behind us, rubbing sleep out of his eyes.

“Please tell me I’m
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