Chapter 158: Hidden Truths

LUMINA   The transformation in my son was instantaneous and miraculous. The hollow emptiness disappeared from his eyes, replaced by pure elation as he tried to scramble out of his hospital bed. Riley ran toward him, and they crashed into each other in a desperate hug, both boys crying as they clung to each other like lifelines.   "I thought you were gone," Ollie sobbed into Riley's shoulder. "I felt you disappear, and I thought I'd never see you again."   "I'm okay," Riley whispered back, his small hands fisted in Ollie's hospital gown. "I'm okay, and you're okay, and we're both safe now."   I watched this reunion with growing horror and fury, my mind racing as I processed what this meant. If Riley was here, then Sophia had to be here too. The woman who had tried to murder my son, who had torn apart my family, who represented every nightmare that had plagued me for months, was somewhere in this building.   The rage that had been simmering beneath the surface for days finally boiled ove