Chapter 204

When Carlos and the others burst into the mansion, they saw the guests and cameramen who'd spread out to search for Soren and Shannon gathered on the second floor. They were all looking in the same direction and had matching looks of astonishment on their faces. Carlos pushed his way through the crowd to see Shannon standing where she'd been before the image had disappeared. Before her, Soren lay on the floor, his ashen face filled with terror. He was clutching his throat and gasping for breath. "H-How is he?" What Carlos actually wanted to ask was whether Soren was still alive. "Everything's fine now," Juniper said, the emotions in his voice indiscernible. His gaze was fixed on Shannon. Before they'd arrived—or rather, after Shannon had broken out of the mirror world and brought Soren out—she'd already gotten rid of the five ghosts and the malevolent spirits hiding in the mansion. Shannon had never intended to allow Soren to die in the hands of those five ghosts. Though it was no