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"Listen, we need to get out. Why would that guy put us in here? And we don't know if Jack's alive or dead. Come on, help me with the door."

I try to open it, but it's locked.

I keep trying, and just when I start to turn to the front, the motor starts, and a door slams.

We take off with the siren and a squeal of tires.

And we're both thrown around the back of the ambulance.

But it becomes clear to me that we're not being taken to a hospital when the siren cuts off and the ambulance screeches to a halt.

I look for a weapon as the door shuts.

There are the paddles they use to shock people back to life, but I don't know how to use them.

Shaking, I go through a medical kit and pull out a new syringe and a vial...of what, I don't know.

I shove them in my pocket as the back door opens and a black gun appears.

"Hands behind your backs and turn."

A car pulls up, and someone else puts restraints on us.

Lyndall cries out.

The man waves his gun at us. "Get in the car. Now."

We are not given a choice. This isn't the one who kidnapped Lyndall, but I'm betting he works for that guy, Dom.

And my heart lurches, my stomach spinning.

Everything feels made of lead.

I should have paid attention to my instincts. Made her meet me in the garden. Gotten her to leave much earlier.

I should have told Enzo to call in his cavalry.

I want to cry and fall apart.

But I can't.

Lyndall is in pain, and she's sobbing.

I blink my own tears back.

I need to stay strong for Lyndall.

And Squish.

Chapter Thirty-Two

ENZO

I pace the great room,my mind in knots.

Sirens rise in the air at a distance, so loud they can be heard in my house.

And suddenly, all hell breaks loose.