Fiona Frost's Arc

Chapter 3 of 3

The storm hit exactly when Fiona predicted it would. She watched the wind speeds climb on her monitors, tracking the system as it tore across Whitehaven's exposed valley. The contestants were safe in the lodge, confused and restless. They'd be angry about the recall until they saw what was coming. By morning, the proof lay scattered in the valley below. Rafael's shelter was gone, reduced to broken logs half-buried in snow. Camera twelve captured the destruction in sharp detail. The structure had collapsed within twenty minutes of the storm's arrival, its roof caved in like paper. Fiona saved the footage to three different drives before calling the network. She told them the storm destroyed what would have been a contestant death, that her meteorology skills had just created the most powerful safety narrative in reality television history. The executive producer wanted the footage in tonight's broadcast with dramatic voiceover. Fiona agreed, watching Rafael stare at the ruins through the lodge window. He didn't know yet that his survival was about to become the show's biggest selling point. She'd saved his life and turned it into content. The ratings would prove her meteorology background was the best investment the network never knew they were making.