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“Yesterday afternoon.”

Yesterday?

My steps stopped. Rafe’s gaze lifted. Found me. I flinched. Something in his face changed. Alaric saw it. He turned. The moment his eyes found mine, I knew.

“What happened to Bethany?” Neither answered. I looked between them. “One of you answer me. What happened?”

Alaric started toward me.

I stepped back. “No. Don’t do that.”

“Do what?”

“Come over here and try to soften whatever you’re about to tell me.”

Pain flickered across his face.

I didn’t care.

Not now.

“Tell me.”

Rafe lowered his phone. “Vivienne can’t find her.”

The hallway seemed to tilt. “What do you mean she can’t find her?”

“She missed checking in.”

“When?”

“This morning.”

I shook my head. “That doesn’t mean anything. Bethany misses things. She disappears into herself sometimes. She⁠—”

“Nyssa.” Alaric’s voice.

Quiet.

Careful.

I hated that voice.

“She didn’t sleep in her bed last night.”

Everything went cold.

“No.”

“Her phone was found at the house.”

I shook my head. “No.”

“Her coat’s gone.”

I stared at him. “Her shoes?”

Rafe frowned. “What?’