Page 51 of Cherished By the Sinners

He spun around to find Davis frowning at him.“Where’s Darlene?”

“I don’t know, she was right behind me, but now...”

“I’ll take care of this lady,” Davis said, smiling at the elderly lady who didn’t seem to know what was going on.“Find her.”

Magnus put the elderly lady down, but waited until she had an arm slung over Davis’s shoulder before letting go.As soon as she seemed stable, he spun and hustled back through the doorway.

The volume of people had gone down significantly, but he still couldn’t see Darlene anywhere.He began looking behind desks, inside empty washrooms, and searching the whole area in the Emergency Room.

Nothing.Even the staff had cleared out.

A red exit sign up ahead at the back of the space caught his attention.Why hadn’t anyone gone out that way?

He headed toward it, the area empty of people.He’d only gone a few feet when the scent of blood hit him in the face.

He’d know that scent anywhere.

Darlene.

His stomach dropped so far and so fast he might as well have been skydiving without a parachute.It was a landing he wouldn’t survive.And if he didn’t find her, he didn’t want to live anyway.

He arrived at the exit and noticed a few drops of blood on the floor and a handprint in on the doorframe.Someone had tried to slow down or stop their departure.More of Darlene’s blood.

Magnus went out the door.It led to a small parking lot.

There were a few more blood drops on the pavement heading in the direction of the cars.

Fuck.Fuck.She’d been taken right out from under his nose, and now they were doing who knew what to her.Not only was he freefalling, but some kind of band had wrapped itself around his chest, slowly tightening along with his rising panic.

No.If they knew enough to take her, they knew her value.She wouldn’t be harmed.Not yet anyway.

Magnus pulled out his phone and called his cousin.“Baz, Darlene...”He couldn’t finish the sentence.He couldn’t even fucking breathe.Fear had a choke hold on his throat.

“Don’t tell me...”Baz growled into the phone.“Again?”

“I think it’s the British.Davis said the police got a call from Scotland Yard.”

“Yeah, Nika texted me the same info.”

“They succeeded in grabbing her this time.The fire alarm started going off and we got separated.”

“They aren’t going to hurt her,” Baz said.“They want her, remember?”

Magnus said nothing.All he could think about was Darlene and what they might be doing to her.

Then he remembered.“She’s wearing Mason’s watch.”

“Brian,” Baz said, his voice slightly muffled.“Can you track Mason’s fancy watch?”

“Yup,” said a voice in the background.

“Darlene’s been taken and they got away this time.She’s wearing Mason’s watch.”

“I can track it, but it’s only going to help us if they don’t throw it out.”

“Is he doing it?”Magnus asked, his voice sounded hoarse to himself, as if he’d been screaming for hours.

“Yeah, give us a minute.”Baz was quiet for a moment.“Where did the British bastards stay when they were here last?”