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He logged into the system, and then swore as he watched a man walk up through the woods behind his house, walk up to the patio door, and open it. The man's face was shadowed, impossible to see. He knew where the camera was.
Declan thought back to the nighttime visitor from the other evening. Had it been the prelude to this?
A moment later, he saw Piper being carried out over his shoulder, apparently unconscious. Fear gripped him, and his fingers tightened around the phone.
"Son of a bitch," Roman said, leaning over his shoulder, watching the screen.
A second later, Kitty came charging out the door. She grabbed a plant and slammed it into the head of the man carrying Piper. He swung around, took one swing, and then his mom was down on the ground, too.
A minute later, he disappeared from the screen, carrying Piper on one shoulder and his mom on the other, heading into the woods behind the cottage.
But as he carried them away, Kitty lifted her head, looked right at the camera, and gave a thumbs up.
"Son of a bitch." He set the phone down, torn between laughing and going into assault mode. "My mom faked getting hit so that she wouldn't be left behind. She literally invited herself into Piper's abduction."
Keira grinned. "I love your mom. She's amazing."
Roman had a strained look on his face. "Your mom put herself in danger for Piper?"
"Yeah." Declan's amusement faded. "My mom is a badass, and she knows how amazing Piper is. It's been only minutes. They must be close."
"But where? We can't track Piper. Her phone is here."
"But my mom's isn't." Declan pulled up the Find My Friends app on his phone and opened it. For a long moment, his mom's location circled, and then it said unavailable.Shit."She has her phone off." He sighed. "She decided to save Piper and forgot to turn her phone on."
"Or maybe their abductor wrested it out of her hands, and threw it out the window," Keira said.
They both stared at her.
She grimaced "Yeah, not helpful. Sorry. I'll call the police."
Declan went into his contacts. "I'm calling the Harts."
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
It took Piper a moment to realize she'd just woken up in the trunk of a car.
A moving car. With someone squished in next to her, not moving.
What the hell?
She'd been in the trunk of a car a few times in her youth, thanks to her brothers, so she immediately looked for the trunk release lever. Like in all new cars, it was glowing in the dark, easy to find, but the car was moving too fast.
She'd have to wait until they slowed down.
Her eyes began to adjust to the darkness, and she could see Kitty's dimly lit face beside her. The older woman's eyes were closed, and panic clamped down on Piper. "Kitty! Are you all right?"
"Shh! I'm faking it, like they do in the movies."
Relief rushed through Piper. "We're alone. No need to pretend."
The older woman opened one eye and looked around, then opened both. "We're alone."
"I literally just said that." Piper frowned at the older woman. "You all right?"
"I am." Kitty grinned at her. "You got kidnapped!"
"Is that why we're in a car? Dammit. I was hoping it was Declan's way of having a surprise party for me. Do you have your phone with you?"
