Chapter 12: Missing
Moana

I felt my heart sink into the pit of my stomach at the attendant’s words.

“She left quite a while ago. Did you not pick her up?”

“Hold on,” I replied, walking away briskly and trying to stay calm as I dialed the penthouse phone number into my cell phone and asked the concierge to direct me to Edrick’s suite. This had to be some misunderstanding. Surely Ella was safely home. Maybe Amy or Lily got confused with the schedule and picked her up without letting me know.

“Hello?” Selina’s voice said on the other line after a few rings.

“Selina,” I said, trying to sound as calm and collected as possible, “did Amy or Lily pick up Ella from her training?”

Selina was silent for a few moments before responding. “No. That’s your job.” Her voice sounded stern and cold, but I could sense a hint of fear behind it as she seemed to put two and two together. I knew that Selina cared for Ella just as much as I did, and the last thing she would ever want would be for something bad to happen to Ella.

“f**k,” I whispered.

“Excuse me?” Selina growled, irritated by my choice of language.

got stuck in traffic when I was coming

end of the line. “You weren’t there

knot form in my stomach. “I’m sorry,

her voice quivering

I had to act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself as best I could,

Are you alright? Where’s Ella?” he asked, looking at me

trying to rack my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had left, I had mentioned to her that I

in the Waterside District,” I said to the driver. “I have a feeling she went

seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road, passing other

intersection a little ways away, all by herself… And at the same time, I saw a black sports car with tinted windows barreling down the road at breakneck speeds, swerving this way and that

a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped out of the car and started running toward

myself running faster than I ever had before. I lunged into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen in the middle of the crosswalk just as

into Ella’s, and together

panting, and looked down at

I had managed to get both of us out of the way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen

“Mina, was it YOU?”

Mina a while to answer, and she seemed to be so

“That was… incredible.”

stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling

my arms. Without a word as I was too stunned and relieved to

back to the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as we

duration of her training!” he shouted in front of the lobby staff. “I should fire you

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