Page 201 of The Life of Anna-Tenth Anniversary Edition: Act 2

Anna stopped moving her hand. “I feel awful for him. And guilty. First Ben’s death and now Jenna’s. Does he hate me?”

“No. He knows where the blame lies: with Devin. He did ask about you, though.”

“What did you tell him?”

“I told him it was better if he didn’t know. He accepted that.”

“Did you see Devin?”

“Yes. He was there but, surprisingly, he stayed in the background. He watched me a lot, so I was careful about what I said and warned Justin to do the same.”

“What about Jenna’s dad?”

Aaron shook his head. “Luke’s not well at all. He’s so angry and I don’t blame him. I saw him and Devin arguing. I assume it was about Jenna.”

Anna closed her eyes. So many people dead because of her. She hoped Tom knew how to stop Devin and would do it soon.

“Have you found her yet?” Devin growled as Jack walked into his study at his house. Anna hadn’t taken the bait. He didn’t know what else to do. Killing off her friends until she returned was something to consider, but with Ian gone, it was challenging. And so many deaths would be hard to cover up. He wasn’t that desperate. Yet.

“No. She’s... disappeared into thin air.” Jack frowned. “There’s no trace of her anywhere.”

“That’s not possible!” Devin shouted. “She’s a fucking Immortal. She can’t just disappear.”

Devin stood and walked to the window. Fucking Ian. Devin would have gotten the information out of him if he hadn’t killed himself.

“They’ve run the security footage from all the airports in the area. She didn’t show up in any of them. Could she have teleported somewhere?”

Devin shook his head. “No. Not without an Immortal. Half-Immortals don’t have that power.” He’d scoured his books, trying to find any sliver of information as to how she could have disappeared.

“What about the missing dancer? Justin, right? He didn’t have anything to do with it?”

Jack shook his head. “Isaak caught him smoking pot and fired him. He’s back home in New York.”

“Is he dancing?”

“I don’t know.”

Devin growled and glared out his window at the street below. His powers were safe for now, but soon they would start failing without Anna to renew them.

Devin tilted his head. “He’s from New York?”

“Who?”

“Justin.”

“Yeah. Danced for the city’s ballet company until he came out here a few years ago. After Anna stopped dancing.”

“What about her other friend... Aaron? The one who was friends with Alex.”

“I believe that’s his name. Yes, he’s in New York.”

Something told him there was some connection, but he didn’t know what it was. She’d been invited to go to New York before. Maybe she went there? But how the hell did she get there, if she was there? And why couldn’t he sense her?

Devin rubbed his eyes. This wasn’t supposed to happen.

“Did you check Germany? With Wilhelm?”

“There’s no trace of her there either.”

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