Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-Four

Stephen

We followed Sephie’s signal. As we got closer, it was obvious that she had stopped moving. It was going to take all of us to keep Adrik from rushing into whatever was waiting for us. It was highly likely that they were going to use Sephie to set a trap for

Adrik.

We got within half a block of Sephie’s signal and Viktor stopped us. “She hasn’t moved for a few minutes. I think it’s best we see what we’re walking into first. We don’t know if Ivan is still with her or how many guys they have.”

“You and Andrei go check it out. I won’t be able to hold myself back if I go,” Adrik said.

Viktor nodded and he left with Andrei on foot to get a better look at where Sephie was. They were only gone a few minutes. The looks on their faces when they returned made us all panic. Viktor held up the tracker he’d given Sephie, along with the helmets they were wearing when they left the warehouse.”

“Hopefully this means Ivan is still with her, at the very least,” I said.

We could all tell that Adrik was slowly losing control of his anger. I’d seen him when he’d lost control a few times. The carnage that he left in his wake was impressive. He wouldn’t hesitate to burn this city to the ground if it meant finding her. Lord help the people of the city if something happened to Sephie. There would be no survivors.

Misha got that faraway look in his eye that meant

still alive as far as I can tell, but that’s all I’ve

Adrik said. “She could

it comes to both Ivan and Sephie. Ten bucks says they escape before we can find

now,” Adrik said, getting back on his bike. Might be a change of plans for the doctor, too. We had planned on holding him until the bosses were taken care of and then turning the doctor over to the police. They would get the credit for

try to escape. The guys watching him said he’d gotten home about an hour before we arrived and had been in the house since. There were a few lights on in the house. The rest of the block was quiet. We waited to see if we could see movement in the house. He walked by an open window eventually, giving us the confirmation we

His face was unrecognizable by the time we got in the house. It took all four of us to pull Adrik off the doctor.

slowly becoming distraught as his mind played out every scenario around Sephie being captured. We needed to find her quickly or there was going to be tremendous fallout when

to do the same. He did, but had a concerned look on his face.

listening,” he said,

can find Sephie on his own. He can feel her. I know he can. We just have to convince him he can. I need your help to

smile crept over his face. “Stephen,

Sephie

get Sephie out of here. Stephen, cover Ivan and Sephie as far as you can. The rest of us

had grabbed my hand, pulling me away from Adrik. There was no time to say anything to him before we were gone, I knew I would see him

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