By noon that same day, a sleek black SUV and a familiar navy-blue sedan pulled up the dirt road of Ashford Farm, parking right in front of the stone house.
The doors opened, and Maple stepped out of the first vehicle in her pristine gold-trimmed dress, while Sarah Clearwater stepped out of the second, wearing a sharp business suit with dark circles under her eyes from rushing over the moment she got Raiden's call.
"Raiden!!"
Sarah didn't care about formalities. The moment she saw him standing near the second storage barn, she hurried over and grabbed him by both arms, looking up at his half-silver hair with a mixture of shock and deep worry. "I heard the entire city went into lockdown last night because of your sister!! What happened?! Is little Sylvia okay?!"
