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“Go” She kissedthem back”
I ju ainst the snowfall
“Let’s go!” Kai shouted
I ran, glancing once h the windshield, but she was already on the phone as she leaned over the front seats, hitting the locks
We raced down the steps and onto the dock, looking for any sign ofthe boats, or out at sea
“Jesus, it’s getting bad,” Eainst the downpour
The black ocean looht God, there was nothing No kick up in the wake of a boat No lights Where were they?
I grabbed for ot Rika had it We needed ot his information, but they could be anywhere but here
“Mr Mori!” someone called
We all spun around, and ht of the old man up on the second-floor balcony of the marina office
Doones was about sixty-five and the last old sea dog Thunder Bay could brag about from back in the day, e prided ourselves on our clas
Kai rushed up, shouting, “Did you see Octavia and Madden tonight? Which way did they go?”
“I didna see anything,” he called out, stearay hair curled out from under his winter cap “It’s a winter stor it as if ere all blind “Just a few lads earlier came in from Pithom on a speedboat”
I shot forward a step “What?” Pithom? They came in from my yacht? “Pithom is docked in the Keys for the winter It’s not here!”
“No, it’s floatin’ about a mile out,” he informed me, “but…”
He leaned side to side as if searching behind us
“Well, their speedboat is gone now, so they musta showed back up and returned to it”
And he didn’t see when they’d returned Which meant the kids could’ve been with them
I jerked ot the key?”
He dug in his pants pocket and pulled out his key ring, the silver one with the black grip immediately visible He’d taken the coet a drone over Deadlow Island, but that was just between us Rika and Kai would have our asses if they kneere spying on the Moreaus
“Go!” Damon ordered all of us
We all ran down the dock, the red racing boat floating in its usual spot, and Doones shouting behind us
“Sir, no!” he cried “The visibility is getting worse by the minute We can call the Coast Guard”
“No time!” Kai bellowed