Close..She was close.
“Okay.” I took a step forward. "Then bring her back."
A pause followed, and just as quickly as it had come, the relief disappeared.
"The territory is heavily protected," Baron said carefully. "Our people haven't been able to get past their security."
“What?” My expression hardened. "What do you mean they can't?"
"Every route we've investigated has been blocked.” He let out again. If he wasn't looking so serious, hell I would have easily guessed that he was playing a stupid prank with me. “The people around her are making sure she cannot be reached easily."
A dangerous silence settled over the room and my hands curled into fists.
Days, it had been days, days of waking up in a house that felt too quiet. Days of reaching for someone who wasn't there, days of reali
