Page 109 of Dark Endures

Now all I need to do is figure out who to call.

Leonie! She’ll rally the troops without too much drama.

I dial her number.

“What?” Leonie sounds tired.

“It’s Mindy.”

“What’s wrong?”

How do I explain? Leonie is a cop. Maybe she’ll know about this place. “I’m at The Nest.”

There’s a long pause on the other side. “We’re on our way.”

Feral

Maddox

Where is she?

A woman doesn’t just disappear off the face of the earth.

Marlie seemingly did.

Mindy is alive.

At least, I think she is. Both Fea and Pit said her voice sounded horrible. Could it be someone else pretending to be her?

I pick up my phone and call Canyon.

He answers immediately. “What’s up? You need me to bring you two a meal.”

“Mindy isn’t here.” The fist clenches around my heart.

“What? But they said her phone was there. I dropped her off there on Sunday.”

“Her phone is here. She’s not.”

“What woman walks around without her phone?”

Not one that I know. “I need you to do a full forensic sweep of this place.”

“You think she’s—”

“I don’t think anything. But I’m not assuming anything. Do what you need to do. But I want every inch of this place covered before our new friend gets home from work.” Hopefully, I find her before then, or I’m going to take Adonis apart piece by piece until he tells me where she is.

If she’s in a hole somewhere—

Don’t assume anything. “I’m bringing the phone in for Enzo to go over.”

On the way back, I’m going to plan how I’m going to take Adonis apart. Fea and Pit need to bring their phones in as well.

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Fea stalks into my office half an hour later. “What do you mean Mindy is missing?”

“She’s gone, but all her stuff is at the pretty boy’s place.” There are so many ways to kill him if—

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