Sebastian’s POV

The room felt stifling as I hung up the phone, the quiet hum of the office doing little to quell the storm in my mind. Persuading Evelyn to stay in Thunderclap was the right decision, or so I kept telling myself. But the disquiet in my chest lingered, a gnawing unease that refused to be silenced.

I was experiencing an unusual level of inner conflict. Brandon's words kept replaying in my mind, his voice the only one that could help me unravel the jumble of ...