Rose
I search the house, running from room to room, and he is nowhere to be seen. My heart is beating out of my chest as tears already form.
“Joey!” I scream and nothing, he doesn’t answer. The guards around all look confused.
“We caught three and one ran out. The one who ran out wasn’t carrying any kids.”
“Why aren’t you questioning the ones you caught already?” I snap at him.
Lysander is immediately by my side, massaging my shoulder. His presence calms me down a little but I can’t stop worrying and thinking about Joey.
“I questioned one; he says they didn’t find the boy.” Lysander and Lucious keep checking.
“Joey is a clever boy and I know he is somewhere,” Lucious says from a distance and calls out his name once again.
“I will go and check for him in the woods. He could have got
