Devilish Game (Shadow Guild: The Rebel 4) - Page 15
Relief flooded her gaze, then it landed on me. She frowned. “You look white as a ghost. What’s wrong?”
“Beth was abducted.” Just saying it made my stomach pitch.
“No.” Mac whitened. “Really? From where?”
I repeated what Mary had told me.
“Shit.” Mac frowned..
“Did you find anything?” I asked.
She shook her head, as though to clear it, then held out a little container of dirt. “Maybe, maybe not. This is a sample of the dirt from where the abduction took place, but I doubt it will tell you anything. I took it just because I felt weird leaving empty-handed.”
I took the little container, knowing right away that it would be useless. Even a visit to the back garden where the girl had been abducted would be pointless—but I’d still probably go. “Thanks, Mac.”
I opened the green door and took the stairs two at a time, Mac and Grey following. The door to my flat was slightly ajar, and I wasn't surprised to see a hint of Cordelia’s tail peeking out of the cupboard where I kept the snacks.
Normally, I’d tell her off. Her diet made me seriously concerned for the state of her arteries, but now wasn’t the time.
I left her to it, hearing her crunch her way through a bag of her favorite pickled onion flavored corn snacks, and turned to Mac and Grey, who had followed me into my place. Quickly, I gave Mac an update about my power and the strange, terrifying voice that had called to me. How it had gone from violence to calm, angry to desperate.
“Whoa,” Mac said. “That’s weird.”
“No kidding.” I didn’t want the attention, so I pointed to Grey. “Grey knows something about the abductions. So spill.”
Mac turned wide eyes on Grey. “You do now, do you?”
“You know better than that, Mac. I’m not involved.”
“Hmm.”
“I’ve never dealt in people.” His voice was hard.
Mac relented, nodding. “Fine, I do know that. You just make me wary because you’re a risk to my friend here. I’m on edge.”
“No longer,” he said. “We’ve broken the bond.”
Her gaze moved between the two of us, brows raised. The relief in her gaze had been replaced with curiosity. “Really?”
“Really.” I nodded.
“Hmm.”
“Quit with the ‘hmms’.” I turned to Grey, vowing to ask Mac more about her knowing noises. “Spill what you know. How do we find the kidnapper? And more importantly, how do we find them.”
“It’s not that easy.” Grey leaned against the door jam and crossed his arms over his powerful chest. “Even if he’s the one responsible, he has such a powerful and expansive underground network that finding the people he’s taken is going to be nearly impossible. Deadly.”
“I’m used to that. I just need a lead. Who is it?”
“Anton the Deceiver. A crime lord out of Monaco.”
My heart thundered. A real lead, with a real location. I could so work with this.
“Yikes.” Mac grimaced. “I’ve heard of him. Bad business, that fellow.”
“Well, I’m going after him.” I met Grey’s eyes again. “Any tips?”
“I’m coming with you,” he said.
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