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“No offense,” Luna prefaces. “With all the people you see daily, what made this woman stand out?”
The girl shrugs. “It wasn’t her so much as her kid. He was wearing a sports coat and slacks in the heat. He sat perfectly still and didn’t eat a bite. Something about him gave me the creeps.”
The three of us share a look. “When I tried to talk to him, his speech was weird, and he kept smiling at me.” She huffs a laugh. “This is going to sound crazy, but he looked at me like he wanted toeatme.”
Amelia stands. “Thank you. You’ve been very helpful.”
“That had to be Patrice,” I whisper as the three of us work our way out of the restaurant.
“Why the hell would she bring an immortal child to a breakfast for human children?” Luna asks.
“To choose the next ones?” Amelia says. “Maybe she allows him to pick the kids, like ordering from a menu.”
“Damn, that’s harsh.” Luna takes the words out of my mouth.
“Where do we go from here?” I ask our small group.
“We keep looking and asking questions.”
“Find anything?” Topher asks as we approach the male members of our group.
“Yeah,” Amelia answers. “We’re pretty sure Patrice took one of the immortal children to the same breakfast that the kids that disappeared attended.”
“She brought an immortal child out in public?” Thorne asks.
“One of the better-behaved ones I’m assuming,” I answer.
“What about you? Did you find anything?” Luna asks, moving to Micah’s side. The energy flowing between them is palpable and makes me happy for the moment.
“We talked to all the lifeguards and beach workers. No one saw anything out of the ordinary,” he answers.
“We think Patrice brought the boy to help choose her victims,” I say to the crowd.
“If she’s coming down here to find children, she can’t be too far from the area.” Fynn props his hands on his hips as he speaks.
“Too bad we can’t send a spy to find out.” My words are more of a thought rather than a statement. I look up, realizing the entire group has stopped brainstorming and is staring at me.
“That’s actually a great idea.” Amelia turns towardher husband. “Kind of like when I went back to college for a while.” The two of them share a laugh at a story that the rest of us aren’t privy to.
“How? We don’t have a clue where to find her,” Luna adds.
“Elijah.” Micah pulls his phone out of his pocket. “There’s no doubt in my mind that he knows how to contact her.”
I hold my hands out to my sides. “Wait, people. What are you suggesting?”
Amelia looks around the group. “I don’t know what everyone else is thinking, but I think you had a great idea. One of us needs to infiltrate her group.”
“None of us are children,” I state the obvious.
“With the number of immortal children under her control, she’s bound to be at her wit’s end. She could usehelp.” Thorne joins in on this crazy idea.
“Are you all mad?” I ask the group. “Who do you suggest we send in there?” I look at each person. “She’s not going to accept Thorne for the basic reason that he’s a man. The children would eat the lycan, which means it’s either me or you.” I stare at Amelia with my last words.
“Amelia?” Topher whispers. “Think about Edon.” She closes her eyes in response.
The realization hits me. “It has to be me,” I whisper. “I’m expendable.”
“You’re not expendable,” Thorne argues. He turns toward the rest of our group. “No. I won’t allow her todo this. She was held captive by a monster for a century. Doing this would be the same thing. No,” he repeats.
