AXEL
“You took him!” I shouted, my voice rough and sharp as a whip. My lip curled back in a snarl. I couldn’t believe I’d thought, even for a second, that she might be innocent despite the GPS leading us here.
“Where is he?” I demanded even as I took a step toward her. “Where’s Zeke, Angela?”
Angela froze, her hands hovering over the items on the table. For a moment, she looked genuinely confused, but then another whimper pierced the tense silence and I turned toward the sound. I quickly realized the sound hadn’t come from the closed door but rather from the living room where we stood. In the direction of the china hutch. It didn’t make sense but I was already walking toward it.
“No!” Angela screamed and I turned just in time to see Vincent grab her around the waist and stop her from r
