Suddenly learning the truth behind her family's collective misfortune, Arabella Donovan's lips twitched. She made the swift decision to keep this secret buried.
Otherwise, once all this was over, her third brother would probably face the collective wrath of the entire family.
"Without your third brother, we wouldn't have made so many preparations. Faced with this surging malice, everyone would have been completely reactive. After the initial panic and chaos, by the time they calmed down enough to search for a solution, they'd find their research could never keep up with the speed of that thing's mutation."
At that point, the world would have descended into a living hell. But that would only be the beginning. Once it absorbed enough energy from these events and began altering the very rules of the world, people wouldn't just be facing these intangible threats. They'd be up against all sorts of terrifying natural disasters.
