Page 52 of Cherished By the Sinners

“They didn’t.As far as we could figure out, they stayed in their airplane until they attacked us at the hotel.”

“Did they fly in again?”Baz grunted.“Never mind.Get your ass back to the hotel.This is the best place to be until we have more information.”It was an order and one he was happy to follow.

“Yes, sir.”

“Keep this call open,” Baz ordered.“Put me on speaker phone so I can yell at you.”

“I’m not going to go on a killing spree,” Magnus said as he headed around the building toward the main entrance to the hospital.

“You sure about that?”

“Yes.We have to get her back, Baz.I can’t help her if I’m...not rational.”

Sirens were screaming as he arrived at the busy entrance.Cop cars were parked haphazardly all over the place.One of them flashed its headlights at him.Davis.

“Davis is still here.I’ll get him to bring me home.”

Magnus didn’t waste any time approaching Davis’s car.He asked for a lift to the hotel and Davis agreed to take him.

Davis studied him for a moment before he put the car into drive and drove away.“I’m sorry,” he said.“If it were my wife, I’d be out of my mind right now.”

“Ahh, Davis,” Baz drawled, his voice sounding a bit tinny coming from the phone.“You’re a nice guy.”

“Hey, Baz,” Davis said.“Are things still crazy downtown?”

“Completely.It’s chaos here.I’m not a fan, but some of our guests are enjoying it.A couple of the Chinese ladies even brought popcorn.”

Magnus couldn’t pretend to be calm.“Baz, we need to get her back.”

“We’re working on it,” Baz said, no hint of levity in his voice this time.

Magnus didn’t respond.He couldn’t, fear was an immovable lump in his throat.

“If they took her to get to you and Mason,” Davis said slowly.“They’re going to contact you.Ask for some kind of ransom, information, or action.”

“That’s assuming whoever took her is a rational, reasonable human being,” Baz said.

“That’s true,” Davis replied.

“You two are not helping,” Magnus ground out.

“Sorry, man,” Baz said.“How far away are you from the hotel?”

“About ten minutes,” Davis said.

“Don’t take your time.We need to be ready to move as soon as we’re in contact with the kidnappers.”

Davis turned on his siren and stepped on the gas.