Danger It Brings

Valerie's POV

The roaring engines of Gideon's luxurious private plane did nothing to drown out the chaotic terror ripping through my mind. We were cutting through the dark night sky, rushing directly toward our wounded daughter, but every ticking second felt like a torturous eternity. A suffocating, crushing guilt consumed me, tearing at my chest with unseen claws. I struggled to pull oxygen into