Page 75 of Rescued Hearts

He took her in through the side door that led straight to the security office. His brothers were all jammed in Carson’s office. Laptops were open, maps scattered on the desk. A flurry of low, intense voices filled the air.

The second they stepped through the door, everyone stopped and all gazes locked on him and Honor.

Oaks, always the most methodical, had a map on his laptop screen, one finger pointing over a location as he stopped midway through telling Carson some important intel. Colt was scanning even more security footage from over the past week. One frame showed the front of a van, and he was zoomed in on what was visible of it.

When Carson turned to him, he had the same storm brewing in his eyes that raged in Gray’s own chest.

He wasted no time getting up to speed. “What do we know?”

Oaks clicked through a few screens on the laptop. “Out of everything we found on this guy—and all the robberies we suspect he’s responsible for—there’s no history of violence. But it looks like he’s been at it for a while.”

Honor let out a breath, almost too soft to hear. But Gray was so attuned to every move she made, he picked up on it. He turned to her, catching her worried gaze.

“That’s good.” He boosted his tone with assurance he hoped would also boost Honor’s morale. “It’s unlikely he’ll break that streak with Felicity.”

“Maybe.” Her voice came out as a weak wobble. “But what if this time is different? He has a lot to lose.”

He had his doubts that all of the diamonds her ex hid in Honor’s jewelry stash were still there. He would place money that there was one on his own finger…which meant she may have used several more in her wire wrapped technique, and unknowingly sold them to some lucky customer at the festival.

Or hell, those bookstore ladies who took her class could each have one.

Or the vets were wearing them into the barn when they did chores.

A laugh threatened to rumble up his throat, but he held it in check. This was no laughing matter. Not at all.

Especially with Honor and her sister involved. Nothing mattered to Gray except reuniting them.

Sobering, Gray squeezed her hand tight. “Then we don’t give him a chance.”

“We are pretty certain her phone is still on her, like you said.” Colt directed the statement to Honor. She nodded stiffly.

He started to speak again, but she cut across him. “Okay, I need some answers from you, Colt.”

Everyone in the room silenced.

“Why weren’t you at the house? You’ve been going there every single night to keep watch. You could have prevented this from happening!”

“Honor.” Gray pulled her around to face him. “Colt was on his way. Your sister got home about an hour earlier than she usually does, and she didn’t inform him of the change of plan. She closed up the shop early or didn’t stop for gas—whatever reason—she got there long before he did.”

As quickly as it came, the indignation was gone. She slumped against him, head hanging in devastating defeat. “I know,” she said thickly, and he knew she was crying. “I’m sorry, Colt.”

“No hard feelings, Honor.Really.” Colt’s tone was genuine.

Oaks showed them an image. “This footage reveals that Sully’s been driving close to the house all week long, but he must have seen us installing security cameras or guessed that we did, because he never drove directly in front of the house after. This photo here is the closest we have to what could be his van on film.”

Gray was getting edgy. “This is all great. But when do we go in? We know where she’s at—let’s storm the fucking place and get her.”

Honor stepped out of his arms, back rigid as if she was ready to grab a weapon and do just that.

His brothers muttered things about the preparation behind everything. But Gray was tired of waiting. He held out a hand to Honor. “Can I see your phone?”

“Of course.” She hurriedly handed it over.

He opened the app and studied the dot that signified the location of Felicity’s phone. Then he opened the contacts. Finger hovering over the redial button, he met Honor’s gaze.

“I need you to talk to him again.”

“What do I say?” she jumped in.

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