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"Chase hasn’t checked in since around noon yesterday He never just drops out of sight I’ has happened to him"

Her words slammed into gle in the pit of an to worm its way up to the surface

"I ht, he left early and I called him later with a probleht , so I called you Now I’, but there’s no answer at his aparts accidentally caught the chapped skin where I’d forgotten to use the lip balht It was unlike Chase to vanish without leaving a get-in-touch nuain, he’d been leading a double life for a while now Maybe Erika had messed with his sense of responsibility

"Have you talked to Erika?" I asked, the words jarring me even as they tumbled out of my mouth "Maybe she knohere he is"

Sharah paused She knew And I knew she knew After a moment, she cleared her throat "I called her, but there was no answer I’m sorry, Delilah I don’t knohat to say--"

I could feel Zach’s gaze fastened onconspicuous and embarrassed As tears welled up, I dashed them away before they fell and tried to focus on the matter at hand The fact was--Erika or not--Chase wasn’t one to shirk his duties If he could have called, he would have WhichMaybe it was car trouble Maybe it was so else

"Did you have somebody drop by his apartht I’d , would you? I understand if you want to say no, but there’s a bug going around, and we’re shorthanded here"

I let out a long sigh The last thing I needed to do was go chasing Chase, but soht I’ll drive over there and take a look If he coet back to you, let me know so I can move on to my other errands for the day" There were three case files sitting on ent, but they would pay next ain, I’m sorry I had to call"

As I slowly replaced the receiver, Zach slid his ar You need me to come with you?"

I shook my head "Probably not the best idea If I do find him, we have a lot to talk about And if I don’t, well" Leaving the thought untouched, I rab a bite of breakfast What are your plans?"

He leisurely tied the belt on the robe and opened the door for et some head shots taken, and then this afternoon, there’s a fence out at the co the work crew on that" He paused "Will you call s went?"

I nodded "Count on it Let’s go find out hoent last night with the spirit seal"

As we hurried into the kitchen, the only ones there were S on S with a strand of his hair, which was teasing her, tickling her belly

Iris handed Zach a pair of jeans and a shirt and he went to the bathrooe; one pan held scras and another, thick slices of bacon There were rabbed a slice and pro laundry and house-cleaning today Camille’s already left for the shop, and Morio’s off to do the shopping Menolly’s in her lair, of course, and I haven’t seen hide nor hair of the demon twins today"

I choked on a cru Roz and Vanzir the derin The rest of us found it a, but they--Vanzir in particular--didn’t appreciate her sense of humor

"Knock yourself out I pro for her Chase has disappeared, and nobody can find him"

"Great Mother, I hope he hasn’t come to harm"

"I hope not either," I muttered and sat down at the table, as Zach returned, dressed I offered hi a couple pieces of toast, he kissed me on the forehead "I’d better head out I’ll call you later Bye, everyone" Before I could see him off, he was out the door, and I watched at theas he climbed into his truck and drove away I turned back to S o with the spirit seal last night?" I returned to h metabolisms, and Camille and I ate like storm troopers Menolly would have, too, if she’d still been alive

Sed "Your sister needs to work on her diplomacy, but overall, it ell"

Uh-oh "What did Menolly do now?"

The dragon arched his eyebrows, and he see, she almost let it slip that we knew about Trillian That would not be a wise ths to keep the affe, but I’ fit"

Wonderful We should have known better than to let Menolly take the helhter and as dependable as Old Faithful, she had a proble what she said and who she said it to She’d never give away state secrets, but h, and she bleay too easily I blah I knew that she’d always been that way<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>