Killian POV
Estela’s gaze was a hollow void, her eyes fixed on Killian as if his words hadn’t fully reached her. After a moment, she blinked, her voice so soft it barely carried over the clamor of the emergency lights and murmuring crowds. “Where?”
Killian’s heart fractured in his chest, the weight of her question crushing him. “I don’t know what happened,” he said, his voice rough with the truth he couldn’t voice—that the pups must have gone after her. “They were in their room. I went to the bathroom, and when I came out, they were gone.”
Her eyes darted frantically, searching the chaos of police cars and investigators as if the pups might appear among them. “Then why… why is everyone here? Why aren’t you looking for them?” Her voice rose, sharp with panic, her breath quickening with e
