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“We have to find Beau,” she said. “Now.”
“We don’t know where to look?—”
A ring broke through his words. Not her phone. His.
Hope rushed through her. The last time a call had come through on his line, it had been Beau.
No, not really Beau. Beau’s phone, but someone else speaking. Royal had said the voice was male. Hushed.
The phone rang again.
“Answer it!” Avalon practically yelled.
He shook his head as if waking from a stupor, and he answered the phone.
“Speaker, speaker!” Avalon had to hear everything.
His finger swiped on the screen to put the call on speaker.
“Royal? Hey, man, it’s Kai.”
Royal’s breath expelled in a disappointed rush. “Not the fuck now, Kai.”
“I know it’s late, but I can’t get Beau on the phone.”
A tear slid down her cheek. I need Beau. I need him.
“He wanted me to call him if an arson investigator showed up at the bar.”
“Not. Now,” Royal snarled.
“Jeez, what the hell is wrong with you? Look, I swear I saw someone go in the bar. The place has that yellow police tape up everywhere, but someone just went in. At this hour, I doubt if it’s the arson investigator. Probably just some punk-ass kids thinking they are gonna find liquor inside. But I wanted to report to Beau. I’m going around the back of the building now and—oh.”
That was it. Kai just stopped.
“What is it?” Royal demanded.
“Beau’s Jag. Guess it’s him inside. Sorry for the false alarm. Didn’t see him pull up. I was, uh, on a nature call. Forget I?—”
“No!” A sharp cry from Royal.
“No!” An equally wild cry from Avalon.
“Uh…there a problem?”
“Get eyes on Beau,” Royal ordered him. “But be careful. Very, very careful.”
Avalon was already running for the door. Beau was at LeBlanc’s, so that meant she was about to be at LeBlanc’s, too.
“What’s happening?” Kai’s worried voice.
Avalon heard the question from right behind her. She looked back.
Royal was on her heels.
“We think Beau’s in danger,” Royal said.
Think? Oh, there was no thinking about it. Beau was in danger.
