Page 188 of Beyond the Badge: Nox

“That was the first place I checked.”

Her blue eyes widened. “At the office?”

He shook his head. “Called there, too.”

Her cheeks lost all of their color. “Meeting with a member of her grief group?”

While that technically could be a possibility, she would at least tell him she had to make a detour before heading to his apartment.

Not once had she left him in the dark like this.

Not fucking once.

This was not good.

The second he shook his head, she turned hers and yelled, “Magnum!”

Shit. Fuck. Shit.

Nox went over to their house for a reason, and he heard that reason’s heavy footsteps lumbering in their direction.

This was either going to go well, or it would be a disaster.

He braced for the initial impact of Magnum’s larger than life attitude. The man would not be happy that a cop was standing in his foyer.

Fuck him.He’d just have to deal with it. Nox was damn certain that Magnum would consider his daughter more important than his hatred toward anyone wearing a badge.

Or at least he hoped so.

“What the fuck you doin’ in my house?”

Before he could answer, Cait did it for him. “Nox thinks Liyah’s missing. He thought she might be here.”

The big man went completely still. So still it was almost like he morphed into a statue.

Suddenly, that statue came back to life and all it took was him barking, “What?”

“I said—” Cait started.

“Heard what the fuck you said, woman. Need more than that.” His dark eyes turned to Nox. “Better fuckin’ explain and better fuckin’ do it quickly.”

With a single nod, Nox did just that.

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The second thelast word of his explanation slipped from Nox’s lips, the man before him turned into an atom bomb and exploded.

Nox never heard so many curse words used in one sentence. So many that it might not have been a sentence at all.

“Magnum, calm down!” Cait grabbed her husband in attempt to do that, but he shook her free to face off with Nox. “You won’t do anyone any good if you have a damn heart attack.”

“Who the fuck took her?” he roared.

On a good day the man was larger than life, but pissed off…?

No matter what Liyah’s father did or said, Nox would not back down. It was possible that Liyah’s life was at stake. Until he knew for sure, he would assume the worst and hope for the best. “I don’t even know if she was taken. But it’s not like her to send a text to tell me she’s on the way and then not show up. Or not respond to any of my calls or texts.”

“Maybe you pissed her the fuck off and she’s just done with your goddamn pig ass.” He shook his head, his face still a mask of rage.

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