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Find her? Had she been taken? His entire world tilted on its axis as he tried to digest Vincent’s words Before he could ask the question, Vincent continued "She went to grab us food from the cafeteria and never ca place was closed I’aze on Wyatt as he spoke "All right I’m on my way"

Vincent slid the phone into his pocket and nodded his head toward the exit "One of the guys will take Ellie back to your place You’re cooing He’d walk into hell to find Iris Even though a dozen questions burned against his brain, he held hi to see where Vincent and the two other securitythrough hi him No way in hell That htened as e back It wouldn’t help him now They rode an elevator three floors down, one floor above where the ue was He’d never been on this floor before, wasn’t even sure what it was

When the doors whooshed open, a beautiful petite black woreeted them She eyed all of the "You owe o on a date with soto mom why"

Mom? Holy shit This was Vincent’s sister

Without another word, the woman spun on her heel and led them down three quiet, deserted hallways Eventually they stopped in front of a plain metal door She knocked once and it i the door open, twosecurity unifor video feeds

Wyatt’s heart lodged in his throat when he realized why they were there They e of Iris

"Just you, Vincent" The wo I need…" Wyatt was unable to finish the thought or hide the desperation in his voice Right noas barely keeping it together

Her eyes softened and she nodded Then she grabbed the hand of the uard out here with me and the others," she said bossily

"Whatever you say, Zoe," the ed him from the room

One of the ot the feeds for the ti I’ve reviewed them and none of us have left our posts Sorry "

That didn’t reed because he just grunted "You uard hesitated, he sighed and stood

"Only because you’re Dr Hansen’s brother and she’s scary as shit," he muttered

Vincent sat down and Wyatt watched in awe as his fingers flew over the keyboard He typed in co it a fewone of the videos streaether as he watched the color feed of Iris getting into an elevator Then she exited on another floor and disappeared froht He wanted to reach out and touch the screen but stayed rooted to the spot The feed picked her up again in front of the gated off cafeteria She looked frustrated as she eyed the giantaround, she paused before turning to her left then heading toward an opening into…somewhere

"What’s in there?" he asked

Theanswered "It’s just a s machine There aren’t any doors or exits there She’ll coray hair in a wheelchair rolled hi? Blood rushed in his ears as he watched the clock in the right hand corner of the screen tick away the seconds Thirty seconds later the ray hair ca the wheelchair A woman was in the seat, a sharapped around her head which was tilted to the side as if she was asleep

Iris

Wyatt’s hands balled into fists Raw rage hus like battering ra, to tear apart the ed out of control he kept his gaze on the uy’s face

"Holy shit," Vincent ed her"

Yeah, Iris wouldn’t have gone doithout a fight Not his wife "Can you get a better angle of his face?"

Vincent muttered to hiuy was purposefully avoiding the cameras Which meant he’d been here before Had likely learned the layout of everything