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“Daniel!” David hissed.
“Meltdown?”
“Tact, Daniel, remember?” David rubbed both hands over his face.
“Fine, ‘episode.’” Daniel used his fingers to put it in quotations. David punched him in the shoulder.
“Report!” Baptista barked.
Connor could have kissed the man.
“Anyway, I asked around and Ma and Felix both confirmed that Madison had her phone on her,” Daniel explained. He looked up at Connor and smiled.
Connor stared at him waiting for of the explanation. David came to his rescue. “Daniel and I can track cell phones as long as they are on. I could explain that method, but you would only get confused and it’s not really applicable in this instance. We hacked her Apple account and looked at Find my Phone.”
“All right guys, let’s get moving. He has about a twenty to thirty-five minute head start.”
As everyone began splitting up and moving toward different vehicles, Jaws came running up to them from the woods.
“Three men from the other squad are dead, shot. It’s how he got her out of town,” he reported.
Connor, scared to death for his mate, turned to the large group standing outside the diner.
“Who is riding?” he asked.
“Me, Duncan, Emmett, Benedict, and Gavin are in one SUV,” Aleks started.
“I’m riding with Gabriel, Ricochet, Baron and Jaws,” Finn added.
“Bran, Caleb, and Liam will stay behind to guard the town,” Ma said.
Connor looked to Doc Claybourne. Felix had his arm wrapped around his mate.
“Doc, you coming?” Connor asked.
Doc shook his head.
“I’d be a liability. There is no telling what I would do to that fiend if he has hurt my sister. I’m prepping the clinic. Bring her straight to me.” Doc’s cold eyes met Connor’s.
“What about me?” Daniel asked, pushing his way to the front of the group.
Connor thought for a second. “Oh yeah. You’re in the trunk.” He turned to head toward his truck with Casper and Bear. Daniel started sputtering.
“Episode?” Connor asked. He turned back to face Daniel and raised an eyebrow.
“Fit?” Daniel asked.
Connor sighed. “Get in the truck.”
“Daniel. Do not distract them,” Gabriel said slowly, enunciating each word. Daniel gulped and nodded his head. He turned and scrambled into the backseat of the truck.
“Let’s ride,” Connor said.
Chapter Eight
Connor heard the sound of protesting metal and realized he was gripping his steering wheel too tightly, again. He forced himself to take a deep breath before he plowed his truck into a tree.
“Connor, they have stopped moving. They have been at their current location for five minutes. Either he has found and ditched the phone or they have parked,” Daniel announced from the back.