Chapter 479

It was still dark when Evelyn Knight opened her eyes. Sleep wasn’t even an option — she’d spent the whole night tossing in bed, her mind stuck on Julian Everett. Eventually, she gave up, climbed out of bed, threw on some workout gear, and went out for a run. She had to stay sharp. If she let herself slow down for even a second, those overwhelming thoughts about Julian would come flooding in. Five days. It had been five days without so much as a word from him. Everyone else had already started to think the worst. But Evelyn? To her, no news was the best news — she clung to the hope that maybe, just maybe, someone had rescued him. It was the only bit of light she had left to hold onto. She ran circles around Halcyon Vista like she had no limits. Only when the morning sun had fully risen did she finally return home, dripping with sweat. "You're back," Isabella Mitchell greeted her with a sleepy smile and half-lidded eyes. She was holding her phone behind her back, still connected to a cal