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Hope flared in my chest, desperate and reckless.

Kai scrubbed a hand over his face. “Will he even be awake this early?”

Samuel barely waited for the call to connect before barking, “Get up. We need you.”

I could faintly hear Asher’s groggy voice on the other end. “…The fuck?”

“Sadie’s gone,” Samuel said.

A beat of silence.

Then, Asher’s tone sharpened instantly. “Where are you?”

Samuel glanced at me and Kai. “The house.”

“Give me ten minutes,” Asher said.

The line went dead.

Ten minutes later, the front door slammed open so hard it rattled the hinges.

“Alright, you panic-stricken bastards, where’s the fire?”

Asher Wolfe strolled in like he owned the place, wearing sweatpants, a hoodie that definitely wasn’t his, and an energy that somehow managed to be both chaotic and focused. His darkhair was an unholy mess, like he’d either just rolled out of bed or had been up all night doing something wild.

Knowing Asher, it could be either.

Samuel didn’t even look up from where he was hunched over the counter, jaw tight, phone still clutched in his hand. “We need to know where Sadie is. This whole thing… it’s really worrying.”

Asher’s grin vanished. His sharp brown eyes flicked between us, taking in the tension, the barely contained panic that none of us were bothering to hide.

“Okay,” he said, more serious now. “Tell me everything.”

Kai handed him the note. Asher scanned it, his lips pressing into a thin line.

“Well, this is dramatically vague.” He dropped it back on the counter and cracked his knuckles. “Alright, let’s find her. Who’s got her phone details?”

Samuel already had it pulled up. “Can you track her?”

Asher snorted. “Can I track her?Please.”

He took the phone and flopped onto the couch, legs stretched out like he had all the time in the damn world. His fingers flew over the screen, and for a moment, there was only the sound of rapid typing.

Then, he muttered, “Come on, Sadie, tell me you didn’t turn off your location…”

Silence.

Then a beep.

“There you are,” Asher murmured, eyes flashing with victory. He flipped the phone around so we could see the blinking dot on the screen. “Motel off Route Six. About two miles out.”

Relief and fear hit me in equal measure. She hadn’t gone far. But she was still gone.

Samuel was already moving. “Let’s go.”

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

Sadie

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