close.”
“Maybe he didn’t move as fast because he didn’t know the building,” Talon wondered aloud.
“He has to be a wolf,” Kye growled, downloading the footage and emailing it over to Storm and the sheriff.
“Play the footage again,” Talon ordered as he took a seat to Kye’s right.
“He had to have scented her,” Kye replied as he clicked a few buttons and backed up the footage.
Talon watched it with his keen eyes, pointing to things instead of talking while the video played. There was audio, but the male had been silent. Even when he found Amaya, he didn’t say anything to her as he knocked her out with one punch.
“What’s going on?” Landon asked as soon as Axel opened the door.
“Sit and watch this,” Kye advised, waiting until Axel brought a chair over for Landon to use.
Kye started the video again and made note of the time. He zoomed in on the car and still couldn’t make out a face other than the male had a short beard. The male who’d taken Amaya was built like a fucking tank, but he moved with ease.
“Jesus,” Landon gasped. “Did they find her? Where is the sheriff?”
“I’m calling them back now,” he replied and made the call to Storm. He didn’t put the phone on speaker, deciding to keep the information private between the Guardians. Kye didn’t want Landon hearing anything graphic should the outcome of Amaya’s abduction come to a tragic end.
“Do you have an update for me?” Kye asked the moment the usually quiet Guardian answered.
“We are searching for the vehicle, but I am blind, man,” Storm answered. The male’s voice was still shaky, and Kye wondered why the male wasn’t his usual focused self.
“Are you okay?” Kye’s instincts told him something was wrong with the Guardian. If he didn’t know any better, he’d think the male was trying his hardest not to go feral. Holy fuck!
“I have to find her,” Storm repeated for the hundredth time.
“Is that female your mate?” Kye asked, seeing his brother and Landon turn their heads in his direction. “If she is, Storm, I need to know.”
“I…I don’t know, man,” he stuttered. “I’ve only seen her once. Yes…maybe?”
“Hang tight, man,” Kye said, turning toward his brother and making a circling motion with his finger. “We are calling in other Guardians.”
“Thank you,” the male sighed after a few tense moments of silence. “The sheriff is with us. I’m going to keep searching.”
“I’ll give everyone the information I have,” Kye promised, pinching the bridge of his nose. “Storm?”
“Yeah?” he growled.
“Don’t do anything stupid,” he warned. “We will find her.”
“For the sake of my sanity, I hope we do.”
Kye hung up and turned toward his brother. They shared a knowing look between them, and Talon closed his eyes for a second and sighed when he reopened them. He must’ve sent out a calming presence to his Guardian. He shook his head and placed the phone to his ear, calling his right-hand man, Winter Blue.
“Winter, we have a problem,” Talon began. “It’s possible one of our own has been taken by the Gadaí.”
Taze sped toward Landon’s practice. Everyone was gathered there, making plans to find one of his employees, Amaya Bradley. She’d been kidnapped by what they believe was a member of the Gadaí.
If it was true, the war had found its way out of Memphis and into the neighboring town where the Shaw pride lived. His thoughts immediately went to Calla, and he shot off a text to her, hoping she had stayed at his place after he left. She’d fallen asleep in his bed again after three constant hours of studying for her next exam.
Stay at my house and do not go anywhere until I get home. I’ll explain later. Call in sick to work when you wake up.
He checked the clock, noting it was just after three in the morning. Calla would be asleep for another few hours, and he could focus on finding Amaya.
Apparently, Storm had shown some anxiety when word got out the female had been taken by a possible rogue. Taze didn’t know anything about the two of them, but from what he understood, Storm had only met her once, and it was briefly. The sheriff was with the male, helping him search, but they hadn’t found anything matching the vehicle Kye had described from the video. He knew how the male felt. If it were Calla who’d gone missing, he would be anxious, too.
As the night turned into day, they were still without any