The sea came roaring in.

The storm tore through the entire town, closer and closer, until the sky lost all color — pure black, bottomless, merging with the churning water below. The whole world had become something unrecognizable.

The team leader stared out at it, his throat working. "Ms. Summers, we have to pull back right now. There's no time. Everyone's waiting on the bus."

Scarlett Summers turned the words over on her tongue.

*I'm staying.*

But she ...