Magnus didn’t hold back.
His voice came through the phone sharp, cutting straight through whatever calm I was trying to hold on to.
“You said you’d protect her, Justin. So where were you? How did you let this happen?”
I clenched my jaw, forcing myself to stay steady.
“I stepped out with my family,” I replied. “By the time I got back, she was already gone. The door was open, the room was wrecked. I didn’t expect—”
“You didn’t expect?” Magnus snapped, cutting me off without hesitation. “Justin, this isn’t some small mistake you can brush off. Wherever she goes, danger follows.”
His words weren’t wrong, but they didn’t make the situation any easier.
“Do you have any idea who took her?” I asked, keeping my voice low.
There was a brief silence on the line.
When he spoke again, his tone
