Darling Wildfire (Red Rabbit #2)

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THERON

THREE DAYS AGO

EN ROUTE TO ELYSIUM

The phone call came through my Aston showing an unknown number.

“Yeah?”

“North—it’s Gabriel—”

The phone cut out.

“Where are you?”

I demanded. I hadn’t heard from him in months. His team had gone completely radio silent and no one knew where he was, not even Knight. I searched and searched, even going so far as to hint around Mahoney but there was nothing. It was like he’d completely disappeared.

“—in deep, can’t talk—her—”

“What? Tell me where you are so I can send a team in!”

“—she’s here—”

For one brief moment, his voice came through crystal clear.

“We found her, North—”

Then it cut out again. “Trust—be in touch—”

The line went dead.

“Gabriel!”

The call was dropped.

“Fuck!”

I shouted.

This could not have been worse timing. For one brief moment I debated stopping everything and putting all of my resources into finding Deathwing. But the thought disappeared as quickly as it came. This was a means to an end—too much work had gone into it to stop now. Besides, I had to trust Gabriel. This was his deal, if he’d found her, I trusted her to be in good hands. Once this thing with Vetticus was done, I wouldn’t stop until she was finally standing in front of me.