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“We first have to figure out the silence behind the successful kidnapping.”

“She… must have something that blocks a mind link or all sound in a certain radius,” Gunnar said.

The news stunned them, not believing it possible.

“If they have cell phone jammers and wifi jammers, it’s possible. I’ve hard about a company developing a noise-blocking sound field by placing a device on a flat surface, such as a window, and the vibrations eliminate all sound in a certain area. It’s possible they’ve constructed something similar,” Xander said.

“For argument’s sake, let’s say they have a noise-blocking jammer and Damian passed our alarms, why didn’t Hunter run or alert us?” Ghost asked.

Liv held up the dart. “If they injected him before they confronted him, waited for the tranquilizer to take effect, or shot him with multiple darts, they would have to stall for only a few minutes, incapacitating Hunter.”

“What do they want with him?” Neri asked, her voice small.

No one answered the question, at least not right away. They exchanged looks and by their pained expressions, the answers were horrific. There were scenarios they had witnessed over the years and decades they have been government assassins. Hunter never shared those stories with her.

Time with Hunter. I need time with him. I want forever.

Hunter needed her. She would not sit back and watch as that psychopath tortured and killed him. They would find Zahava and kill her. She placed the damaged box in her back pocket and turned to face everyone.

“We need to find him. Xander, have you found anything about Nightfall’s corporate offices?”

He shook his head. “No, the address given on the business license is one in Denver, but when you map the address online, it’s an abandoned brick building scheduled for demolition in a month. First contact goes to secure email address on a spoofing IP found on an indistinct website. It stores no data on the site. No names or phone numbers listed. After their investigation, the client signs a detailed non-disclosure agreement and contract, only then they establish a secure email address and in person communication is severed.”

Something about Xander’s findings triggered something in her brain.Brick building.

“Oh, fuck. That building on Treetop Drive, did you find out anything about it?” Neri asked.

Xander’s brow drew down as he thought about her request. He snapped his fingers and went to his laptop.

“Yeah, I did. It’s not a business. It’s listed as a residential apartment building but there are no tenants listed. They’ve never had a paying tenant and as far as the inspector states on his notes for the building, they are fixing the building floor-by-floor but have no plans to rent out the units. The listed owner… Wellfuck!”

Neri waited for the answer, despite fear shivering down her spine.

“Z. and A. Wolfe.”

She thought back to the place drew her during their search for Zahava’s scent. The building was less than a mile from Standard. Around the area, there were a lot of small startup business renting out the ground floors to professionals, such as lawyers and dentists, and rented the upper floors of the building to people who wanted to live in a prime location in Downtown Snowfall.

While the place hadn’t looked decrepit, it looked worn. It wasn’t new enough to warrant scrutiny from business owners looking to rent out space and not downtrodden enough for the city to get involved in a cleanup effort. And with the cracks in the sidewalk and the front door and all the visible windows blacked out, it didn’t shout welcome. It was the perfect building for someone who ran a secretive organization and since there was so much going on around the building; it was hiding in plain sight.

“She runs her operation out of that building. We lost Zahava’s scent there and something drew me back to the building, although I couldn’t sense anything from inside. The sound field surrounds the building.”

Kane cleared his throat. “If they have modern tech not even on the market and can hide an entire building from prying eyes and ears, how are we supposed to get in? They barricaded the building and by the time we get through, if we get through, they’ll kill Hunter and leave.”

She flinched at Kane’s scenario, but focused on the plan instead of her fears.

“Neri can get us in,” Axel said.

Shocked, she stiffened her spine and glared at Axel. “I can’t. I have to picture the place in my mind before I can teleport there.”

Liv gasped. “What if you can teleport to a person, by thinking of them?”

“It’s what I was thinking. You didn’t have to picture Silas’s room, he pushed the image into your head and you went on faith. I think if you concentrate on Hunter, you can find him.” Kai said.

“I need to be sure.”

“Aubrey, honey. Can you go home and we’ll see if Neri can find you there?”

With determination, the young vampire ran out the front door, the click of it closing behind her loud to Neri’s ears.