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“Thank God,” Boone said, holding Rhett steady

Rhett tried to get his bearings The para; obviously he’d been knocked out Peyton and Remy stood just behind Boone, tears in their eyes as they held each other No, no sadness Rhett couldn’t take it He grabbed his phone and called her The call went straight to voicemail “Does she ever turn her phone off?"

Boone shook his head “No Never”

Rhett took in another long, deep breath then tore the rabbed Boone’s ar, with Boone hot on his heels, and the firefighters yelling at them to come back

Every step burned his lungs a little bitat the chief’s empty desk Rhett had failed to keep his promise He shoved the shahtly, but he shoved that thought aside too, desperate to stay sharp By the ti up his coed into Kinsley’s security syste

“Stop there,” Boone snapped, glancing at the monitor over Rhett’s shoulder “There”

Rhett hit Play again but now in slow motion A black van drove up to the back door and half a dozen as canisters They gained entry by picking the lock One man stayed by the door, an obvious lookout

One ed forward out of the door One held Kinsley by the waist, the other held her feet

Life for Rhett stopped then

Rhett knew pain He knehat it felt like to have a bullet rip through his flesh He knehat it felt like to lose people, to watch them bleed out and for the life to fade fro helplessly ashe had no idea how to deal with Pride filled hiht Kicked and squirmed and punched, but the truth reer And in a minute, they had her shoved into the van with the doors slammed shut She didn’t come back out

Kinsley His child

They were…gone…

So until he could barely get air in his tight lungs He couldn’t think He couldn’t move Kinsley…

Boone was on the phone, snapping at the person on the other line, “I need an Ashanti Alert issued” Much like the Aered adults “Victi a black jacket and dark jeans Nu a black van License plate unknown” He ended the call abruptly, shoving his hand into his hair “Why the fuck would they take her? Why? Where?” He frantically paced by Rhett’s desk, looking for all the answers that Rhett couldn’t find either

Rhett rose on shaky legs He placed his hands flat on his desk and breathed deep Kinsley needed hi where they’d taken her fast enough Unless they found the van, but judging by the tiood hour ahead of them