Chapter 71:
Kael didn't say a word.
He just ran.
I ran after him. Out of Elias's house, down the steps, across the gravel. He was already in the truck with the engine on before I got to the door.
"Kael—"
"Get in."
I got in.
He drove.
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We got to the farmhouse in fourteen minutes.
Kael didn't park. He just stopped the truck in the middle of the driveway with the doors open and the engine running.
Marisol was on the porch.
She was crying.
"I'm sorry," she said. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I turned my back for one minute. One minute. I went to check on Hope. I went to check on Hope because she was crying and when I came back Lily was—"
"Where?" Kael said.
"I don't know. I don't know. I've looked everywhere. The house. The barn. The porch. She's not—"
"Where's the last place yo
