Their Secret Obsession by Pippa Moon

Kane POV

I stood there, frozen, my eyes fixed on the empty space where the portal had closed just moments ago. My girl had been taken from me, ripped away by some demon with unknown powers.

"Charlotte!" I whispered, my mind spinning, trying to comprehend what had just happened. Tears streamed down my face unchecked, as I struggled to process the shock and agony coursing through me. Behind me, I could hear my father's voice, thick with concern and confusion as he screamed at Adam and Liam for answers. Answers they were not giving, not until I gave them the say-so. Something I had to respect.

"Kane, what happened? Where's Charlotte?" His questions washed over me like distant waves, barely registering in my mind. How could I explain something I didn't even understand myself?

"I don't know," I managed to choke out, my voice barely above a whisper.

seethed, and I knew without looking he was referring to Anthony battered and beaten on the floor in restraints while Mike hovered over him like a

drew nearer, his presence a comforting weight on my back, but even his strength couldn't dispel the darkness

his voice gentle but insistent. "You have to tell me what happened. We need to find her." I shook my head, the movement slow

I know is that she's gone, and I couldn't stop it." A partial lie, I knew the demon took her, but who he truly was, where he had taken her and why, I didn't know. My

find her, son," he said, his voice firm with resolve. "No matter what it takes, we'll bring her back." But even as he spoke, doubt gnawed at the edges of my mind. What if we were already too late? What if Charlotte was gone

stop, willing the pain to fade away. But no matter

to do with his predictability and everything to do with the fact that if he so chose too he could take

declared. "Knox has control