Page 54 of Kai's Hunger

Chapter Ten

Kai

I screamed Lily’s name inside my head, but only silence met me. Time seemed to freeze as I waited for it to happen again, all my senses sharpened and alert. It was gone, but the fact she’d reached me at all was a small miracle. The mind link shouldn’t have been possible before making a blood exchange. And yet it’d happened. Which meant it could happen again. I just needed to be patient. She was alive and with my father. The knowledge gave me a sense of peace. At least she wasn’t alone. My father would protect her with his life, this I was sure of.

Until she could link with me again, I had work to do.

I headed for the back of the diner, then went into a small room marked OFFICE. As I’d suspected, there was a monitor. I pulled out a chair at the old wooden desk and sat, then hit the power button on the computer beneath the desk. The monitor came on, but I could admit when I was out of my element. Computers were foreign to me. I pulled out my cell and called Miggs.

“What’s up?” my brother asked, answering on the first ring.

“There’s a computer monitor at the diner,” I explained. “How do I access the security feed?”

“Good thinking,” my brother praised. “I should’ve thought of it.”

“Just tell me what to do with the pile of junk and all’s forgiven.”

Miggs walked me through the steps of getting access to the cameras. “Got it?”

“Yeah, I’m looking at the parking lot now.” I fast-forwarded until I saw the white van, then stopped and hit play. Seconds passed before the three men got out. I zoomed in, tried to see the license plate, but the camera wasn’t the best quality. I watched as Patterson and two men headed for the front doors. I could see one of the men with his hand inside his jacket. Clutching the gun, no doubt. Subtle. Minutes drifted by before I saw them exit. One of the men carried Lily. The bastard tossed her into the back of the van, then took off out of the parking lot. “Fuckers,” I groused, clenching my fists tight enough to draw blood from my claws digging into the skin.

“Well?” Miggs asked. “Anything?”

“I can’t get a plate number, but they drove south.”

“Tessa got a partial plate,” Miggs informed me. “She’s in with Creeg now.”

“Good,” I replied. “Did you give the information to Brandon?”

“We did. They’re running a search.” Miggs sighed. “A white van and a partial plate. It might be enough to narrow down an address or something.”

I agreed. “Miggs, I need you to do me a favor.”

“Anything,” he offered. “Name it.”

I stood, heading for the front. “Can you do a search of Patterson’s properties?”

“We did that before, Kai,” he reminded me. “We searched all his known properties. Nothing.”

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