Page 141 of Their Demon

Keir

I’d never felt this level of panic in my entire life.

The twins fucking lost her.

I knew it wasn’t their fault—sort of. They should have tied her to them or carried her, something, anything, to keep herwiththem. Not that it would have helped much. Lillian was stubborn, bound to do whatever she wanted, even if it was disobeying a clear order.

I forced myself through the crowd, not caring about the people who stood in my way, desperately searching for her. I was quickly losing hope by the time I worked my way down to the fourth floor, yelling her name, out loud and in my mind.

I couldn’t hear her.

“We can split up, find her faster.” Nicholas appeared at my side.

“Yeah, she couldn’t have gone far.” Aiden appeared on my other side. “We can head back up.”

I found my way to an outer wall, throwing my hands up and leaning my forehead on the cool surface. My heart was beating so loud and erratically, I wasn't even sure I would hear her if she did try to reach me. I tried to focus on our bond, our special link, the unbreakable connection we shared.

“I can feel her,” I told the twins, my eyes closed to help me focus.

“Where is she?’

“Is she okay?”

“Did she say anything?”

“Tell her to stay where she is.”

“Shut the fuck up and let me focus,” I snarled at them. Everything I had was going into pulling on the thread tethering Lillian and me. I ached to hear her voice in my head, to know she was okay.

“She’s too far away,” I admitted, defeat flooding my body.

I could feel her,barely, like she was so close yet so fucking far away. Something was weakening our connection, something straining the bond we had to where we couldn’t communicate.

He found her.

“Fuck!”

“What is it?” Nicholas asked worriedly.

“What happened?” my other brother followed up.

“He must’ve gotten to her, taken her somewhere. That’s the only explanation. If she was up here, I—” I stopped mid-sentence.

“You what?” Aiden prodded.

“He took her underground.” I came to the realization later than I would have hoped. “We have to get down there. He must’ve had all the guards watching, waiting to snatch her. He wanted to get her alone. Who knows what he’s done with her.”

“Hail Satan, what if he hurt her?” Nicholas’s eyes were wide.

“Lilly is strong. She’ll give him a run for his money. We’ve just got to find her,” Aiden assured us.

“Let’s go.” I turned before waiting for their responses, heading toward the stairs. I knew there was no way we would be allowed on the elevators, not today, not when he had her right where he wanted her.

We quickly scaled the steps until we reached the ground level, getting our girl being the only thing on our minds.

Suddenly, we heard, “Ladies and gentlemen,” and we stopped abruptly.

“No,” I spoke loudly.

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