The night did not end after the cliff confrontation.

Jackson was taken back to the mansion wrapped in a blanket, shaking and silent. Winona held him the entire way, whispering his name again and again as if saying it could erase what had happened.

Doctors were called to the island. They examined him and confirmed he was physically unharmed. Emotionally was another matter. He would not let go of his mother’s hand. Christiano locked Astrid inside her room. Security stood outside her door.

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