THE BILLIONAIRE’S SECOND CHANCE BETRAYAL
“And in a perfect system, there isn’t room for memories. If I don't remove her, the new world falls apart. The villagers become ghosts again. Is one child worth ten thousand lives?”
The Specialist snapped his fingers.
The world stopped moving. A wave of gray frost rushed across the beach, hitting the villagers as they walked home. Marcus was frozen mid-laugh, mouth open, body stiff as a statue. The waves stopped mid-crash and hung in the air like blue ice. Even the birds froze, wings stuck in place.
Only June, Dante, and Hope could move. A bubble of warm, golden light created by the Spark trapped them.
“What did you do?” Dante gasped. He tried to move toward Marcus, but hit an invisible wall