I was pretty sure my plan would work without giving away the fact that Teddi was missing. If her parents didn’t know, I didn’t want them to worry. Even though Alpha bears chase their Alpha cubs off, I knew they worried about them. It doesn’t change the fact that you’re their mother. This was how they made them strong.
“Hello?” A man answered.
“Is this Mr. Bruinwald?” I asked.
“It is. Who is this?” He replied.
Stanton’s dad had an accent. I remembered him telling me once that his father and uncle came here from Germany. I guess I’d just disregarded it, as children often do.
“I’m Queen Bellamy Deveraux of the Eaten Heart Collective. I hope I’m not catching you at a bad time.”
“This is fine. If you wanted to speak to the Urso of our sleuth, though, I can give you his number. We’ve
