ROWAN
Where is she?
She was nowhere to be found.
I scoured every corner I could think of, but all I saw were walls and silence. The emptiness echoed louder than any scream could. My pulse hammered at the same question over and over, one that had no answer.
Where was Tessa?
I stood in Cade and Arden’s apartment, my fists pressed against my thighs, my throat too tight to swallow. Arden’s sobs broke through the air over and over again. She sat pressed against Cade, tears streaking her cheeks in steady streams that she didn’t bother wiping away.
I felt numb.
If Arden knew, if she had even the faintest clue where Tessa might be, she wouldn’t be crying like this. She wouldn’t be trembling against Cade’s chest with that kind of grief.
Cade’s arms tightened around her shoulders, pulling
