Chapter 16Noah tugged Rue along toward Rue’s house. What would happen if Zella won? Noah couldn’t stay if she was the leader. What would happen to Gertrude? Were the police putting her in cuffs right this second?
His phone rang, and he hissed. Asher’s name flashed on the screen, but they didn’t have time to stand around talking on phones now. Rue snatched it out of his hand and answered the call.
“Asher, it’s Rue.”
Noah listened closely to hear Asher’s part of the conversation, too. “Rue! I found a…There’s an arm underneath your bed. Frozen. Some fucker must have gone into the house while we went to the gates. We were here thirty minutes ago, and Gertrude would have known if someone entered the building while we were here.”
Noah watched the color drain from Rue’s face and took his free
