Page 430 of Hidden Depths

Or Ross.

He looked up the staircase.

Then ran.

One of Ross’s men moved to block him.

Ben hit him without slowing.

The man struck the wall.

Ben continued upward.

Calle’s name never left his mouth.

But I heard it in every step.

Ward reached Thomas.

Nathan entered through the broken window and covered them.

Mom ran to Thomas and dropped beside him.

“Uncle Thomas.”

His battered face softened.

“Ellie girl.”

Only Thomas had ever called her that.

Mom cut the ropes around his wrists.

Nathan pulled him to his feet.

“Can you walk?”

Thomas looked offended.

“I’m eighty-six, not dead.”

“Good. Move.”

Gunfire erupted above us.

Ben.

Calle.

I started toward the stairs.

Ward caught me around the waist.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

“To help my sister.”

“Ben has her.”