“One of the men at the apartment last night might have fit Stella’s description,” Magnus said thoughtfully, and when everyone turned to look at him, he continued. “While the rest of the men piled out of the vehicles to approach the building, there was a man who remained in the passenger seat of the van and watched. He was unremarkable in looks, but better kept than the others. His hair was short and his clothes clean.”
Lucian stood abruptly, nearly knocking his chair over in his haste. Turning to Mortimer, he growled, “Time to get Allie and Liam out of here and down to Port Henry.”
“Should I send extra Enforcers?” Mortimer asked.
Lucian considered the question briefly, but then shook his head. “We need all hands here to search for Abaddon. He does not get away again.” His gaze shifted to Tricia. “I want you and Teddy at the house.” When she nodded, he continued. “And I will call Victor and have him and DJ step back into the game for this. With the four of you and Magnus and Tybo there too, Allie and Liam should be safe enough.”
“Should I call Basha and Marcus now, then?” Mortimer asked, standing as well.
Lucian shook his head. “I will.”
There was a moment of silence as he left the room, pulling out his cell phone as he went, and then Mortimer stood too. “Harper’s pilot is down at the garage with Anders. I’ll call down and tell him to ready the helicopter to go.”
“I guess I should get our Go bags.” Allie pushed her chair back from the table and stood. Everyone else stood up as well, but she ignored them and headed out of the kitchen. She considered going into the living room to fetch Liam first, but then decided to leave him to play. She could fetch him on the way back to the kitchen.
Allie didn’t make it halfway up the stairs before she had to stop. Her heart was thumping away at a rapid tattoo that she didn’t just feel in her chest, but her neck and arms too. It was more than a bit alarming, as were the sudden shakes that attacked her. Stopping on the steps, Allie tightened her tingling fingers on the rail and closed her eyes against the spots suddenly exploding in her vision. She barely heard Magnus’s concerned voice over the sound of her own heartbeat before her legs suddenly went out beneath her.
“Well?”
Magnus glanced up at Lucian’s impatient question as the man strode into the room, followed by Mortimer. They were in the bedroom Allie had slept in last night. He’d scooped her up as she’d fainted and carried her up here, barking over his shoulder at Mortimer to call and find out when Dani would get there. Unfortunately, it had turned out that Dani had been stopped on her way out of the hospital by another emergency. It had held her up, but only briefly this time. She’d been done and on the way when Mortimer had called. She’d arrived just minutes after Allie had fainted and was now finishing examining her.
“She is pale, clammy, breathing rapidly, and suffering from tachycardia. Rapid heartbeat,” Dani added as she recalled she was speaking to laymen. “She needs a blood transfusion.”
Lucian scowled at her for her trouble. “We suspected she needed a blood transfusion. In fact, Mortimer told you that, or should have, when he spoke to you.”
“He did,” she admitted.
“So? How long will that take?”
Dani peered back at Allie and then sighed. “I need to do some tests, Lucian. A blood count, blood typing and crossing . . .” She shook her head. “I need to take her to the hospital.”
“No,” Lucian said at once.
“No?” Dani turned grimly on the man in full doctor mode.
“She would not be safe in a hospital here,” Magnus explained before Lucian could bark at the woman. He knew that was the main concern. If Abaddon got his hands on Allie . . . Magnus didn’t even want to think about that. Losing his life mate before he even got to claim her would be . . . He didn’t want to think about that either.
“You’ll just have to arrange a guard for her at the hospital, then,” Dani said firmly. “Because she needs—”
“Abaddon is after her and the boy,” Lucian interrupted abruptly, and Magnus wasn’t surprised when Dani paled. When last in Canada he had heard the tale of how