The bridge was swarming with flashing red and blue lights.Paramedics were trying to load Arthur Sterling onto a stretcher. The once powerful tycoon was now a withered, sobbing mess. Without the Element sustaining him, his body had aged forty years in forty seconds. He looked pathetic."He's in shock," a medic yelled. "Get him to the secure ward!"Jackson sat on the rear bumper of an ambulance, letting a nurse bandage his head."Sir, you need to go to the hospital," the nurse insisted."I'll go home," Jackson winced as she tightened the gauze. "My wife is waiting."Serenity walked over, holding two thermal blankets. She wrapped one around Jackson's shoulders and sat next to him."You look like a mummy," she tried to joke, but her voice cracked. She buried her face in his neck, finally letting the tears fall. "You scared me to death, Jackson.""I told you," Jackson wrapped his arm around her, kissing her smoky hair. "I wasn't going to let him win.""The police confirmed it," Serenity w
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