Magnus’s voice came through the phone, it was so sharp and accusing. “You promised to protect her, Ryder. Where were you? How did you let this happen?”
I clenched my jaw tightly. “I went out with my family for dinner. By the time I got back, she was gone. The door was open, and her room was trashed. I didn’t expect—”
Magnus cut me off before I could be done. “You didn’t expect? Ryder, this isn’t a game. Where she goes, danger follows”
“Do you have any idea who might have taken her??” I asked
Magnus first went silent before he spoke. “It’s likely her family. They’ve been searching for her for years, and if they found her, they wouldn’t waste time. If that’s the case, there’s one place they’d take her—The Crimson Dagger.”
I repeated the name. “The Crimson Dagger? A bar?”
“Yes,” Magnus
